# Incident 20000121000639I: Emb EMB120ER, Erie, PA, January 21, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 2000, 07:17 local time
- Place: Erie, PA
- Airport: Erie International
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: L2XA
- Location: 42.0442° N, 79.8539° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Erie County Airport (3G1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0442&lon=-79.8539&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15730, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15730-2007-10-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-120ER (registry code 3260203, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-120er) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW118 (registry code 52116, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw118) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB120ER
- Reported engine: PWA PW118
- People aboard: 21
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 178 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000121000639I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 21, 2000, AT 0717E, N15730, EMB-120-ER, S/N 120-187, OPERATING AS CONTINENTAL EXPRESS FLIGHT 3171, ABORTED TAKEOFF (RUNWAY 6) AT "ERI" DUE TO A FWD DOOR OPEN LIGHT.  THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE GATE WITHOUT INCIDENT.  THELIGHT WAS DEFERRRED PER THE MEL 52-70-1 / 2 CATEGORY C.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE BY MAINTENANCE CONTROL AND DEPARTED "ERI" AT 737E.  INVESTIGATED BY DESK AUDIT AND CLOSED.

## Other reports on N15730 (1)

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

- [Incident 19930327013679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930327013679I), Mar 27, 1993: Emb EMB120RT (N15730), Cleveland, OH. Propeller fluctuation in flight. Landed safely at destination. Engine operated normaly with e.e.c. in manual.

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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