19990415038309I

Incident

FAA incident report · EMB EMB120ER · Buffalo, NY · April 15, 1999

Date: April 15, 1999 · 07:33 local
Place: Buffalo, NY
Airport: Greater Buffalo International
Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: C2XA
Aircraft: N16724
Reported as: EMB EMB120ER
People aboard: 12
Fatal injuries: 0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On Thursday, April 15,1999 at 0733 local, a Continental express Emb-120, N16724, reported a flap disagreement problem just after take-off. The aircraft returned to Buffalo niagara airport without incident. Prior aviation maintenance was called out to inspect the flaps. Maintenance re-racked the flap control unit and cleaned the flap actuator cannon plugs. The flap operation checked good. This incident is considered closed.

As the FAA filed it

ON THURSDAY, APRIL 15,1999 AT 0733 LOCAL, A CONTINENTAL EXPRESS EMB-120, N16724, REPORTED A FLAP DISAGREEMENT PROBLEM JUST AFTER TAKE-OFF. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BUFFALO NIAGARA AIRPORT WITHOUT INCIDENT. PRIOR AVIATION MAINTENANCE WAS CALLED OUT TO INSPECT THE FLAPS. MAINTENANCE RE-RACKED THE FLAP CONTROL UNIT AND CLEANED THE FLAP ACTUATOR CANNON PLUGS. THE FLAP OPERATION CHECKED GOOD. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.