# Incident 19990930028169I: Boeing 72722, Rochester, NY, September 30, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 1999, 06:37 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Greater Rochester Internationa
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FDEA
- 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: N149FE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N149FE-2004-07-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-22 (registry code 1384002, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72722
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D7
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990930028169I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1999, DURING APPROACH TO ROC, THE FLIGHT CREW OF A FEDERAL EXPRESS B-727-100, N149FE, LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR. ALL THE GEAR GAVE A GREEN LIGHT EXCEPT THE NOSE.  THE NOSE GEAR FREE FELL INTO POSITION AND WAS THEN CRANKED INTO THE LOCKED POSITION AND GAVE THE PROPER INDICATION.  THE CREW NOTICED THAT THE HYDRAULIC FLUID QUANTITY WAS DROPPING RAPIDLY.  THE AIRCRAFT REPORTED A HYDRAULIC PROBLEM TO THE TOWER AND THEN COMPLETED AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE RAMP WHERE MAINTENANCE FOUND THE NLG LOCK ACTUATOR HAD SUFFERED A BROKEN HOUSING AT THE ROD END OF THE ACTUATOR.  THE ACTUATOR WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED IAW MAINTENANCE MANUAL 32-33-01, TESTED IAW 32-33-011-5, HYDRAULIC SYSTEM REFILLED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.  THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N149FE (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19940301007029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940301007029I), Mar 1, 1994: Boeing 72722 (N149FE), Raleigh-Durham, NC. Unsafe gear indication on approach. Landed safely. Found nose gear downlock switch faulty.

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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