# Incident 19990728032629I: Fokker F28MK0100, Rochester, NY, July 28, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1999, 12:53 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Greater Rochester Internationa
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- 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: N1440A (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: FOKKER F28MK0100
- People aboard: 67
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990728032629I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 28, 1999 AT 1253 LOCAL, DURING APPROACH TO ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 1984 INFORMED THE TOWER OF A LANDING GEAR INDICATION PROBLEM. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SENT AROUND AND VECTORED AWAY AND THEN BACK TO THE AIRPORT AS THE FLIGHT CREW CHANGE A LIGHT BULB AND CORRECTED THE PROBLEM.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP.

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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