# Incident 20000608032139I: Emb EMB120ER, Buffalo, NY, June 8, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2000, 17:42 local time
- Place: Buffalo, NY
- Airport: Greater Buffalo International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: C2XA
- Location: 42.8864° N, 78.8784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buffalo, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8864&lon=-78.8784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15725, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15725-2007-10-24) (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
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000608032139I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PN THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 2000 AT 1742 LOCAL, A CONTINENTAL EXPRESS EMB-120, N15725, FLIGHT 3111, RETURNED TO BUF AFTER TAKEOFF DUE TO A #2 ENGINE OIL PRESSURE DROP. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND FOUND THE OIL LEVEL LOW.  OIL WAS ADDED TO THE #2 ENGINE.  IT WAS INSPECTED FOR LEAKS; NONE FOUND, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS PLACED ON OIL WATCH.  THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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