# Incident 19990629023839I: Doug DC982, Rochester, NY, June 29, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 1999, 08:00 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Greater Rochester Internationa
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 43.1548° N, 77.6156° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rochester, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1548&lon=-77.6156&mi=10
- Aircraft: N98876 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC982
- People aboard: 128
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990629023839I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON JUNE 29, 1999, AT 0800EST, A MCDONNEL DOUGLAS DC-9-82, S/N 49444, N98876, OPERATED BY CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC. EXPERIENCED A LANDING GEAR RETRACTION PROBLEM SHORTLY AFTER TAKE-OFF FROM ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (ROC).  THE CAPTAIN, BILL KAHL, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT AT THE ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.  THE ARFF RESPONDED AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND TAXIIED TO THE RAMP.  MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND ISSUED A FERRY PERMIT TO OPERATE THE AIRCRAFT FROM ROC TO EWR VIA AIRWAYS EFFECTIVE DATE 06-29-99, DURATION OF PERMIT - EXPIRE TIME 1500 DATE 6-30-99.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN IFR FLIGHT WAS FILED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ROCHESTER, NY ON JUNE 29, 1999 AT 0755 EST.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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