# Incident 20020516009509I: Emb EMB135KL, Oakland, CA, May 16, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2002, 08:38 local time
- Place: Oakland, CA
- Airport: Metropolitan Oakland International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SIMA
- Location: 37.8044° N, 122.2708° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oakland, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8044&lon=-122.2708&mi=10
- Aircraft: N815AE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N815AE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-135KL (registry code 3260302, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-135kl) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce AE3007 series (registry code 54582, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-ae3007-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB135KL
- Reported engine: ALLSN AE3007A
- Pilot flight hours: 10,736 total, 1,725 in this make and model, 181 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020516009509I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APPROACH TO OAKLAND, THE FIRST OFFICER WAS FLYING, THE AIRSPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 220 KNOTS, WITH FLAPS AT 9 DEGREES. THE FIRST OFFICER EXTENDED THE SPEED BRAKE TO SLOW TO 170 KNOTS AIRSPEED AS ASSIGNED BY ATC. WHEN HE CLOSED THE LEVER, THE SPOILER FAIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE EICAS DISPLAY PANEL, AND THE SPEED BRAKES REMAINED OPEN. THE CREW ELECTED TO GO AROUND IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THE APPROPRIATE CHECKLISTS. AS THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED DOWNWIND, THE AIRSPEED INCREASED AND THE CREW STATED THEY FELT A MODERATE BUFFET. THE FLIGHT CREW THEN INSRUCTED THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT TO VISUALLY VERIFY IF THE SPOILERS WERE OPEN AND THEY WERE. AT THAT POINT AN EMERGENCY LANDING HAD ALREADY BEEN DECLARED BY THE CREW, AS REQUIRED BY THEIR CHECKLIST. THE CREW LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT EVENT AND WITH NO AIRCRAFT LIMITATIONS EXCEEDED. UPON ARRIVAL, KAISERAIR, INC. WAS CONTRACTED BY AMERICAN EAGLE FOR THE DISCREPANCY. THE MAINTENANCE ACTION TAKE CONCLUDED AFTER PERFORMING GROUND AND FLIGHT SPOILER OPERATIONAL CHECKS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH EMBRAER MAINTENANCE MANUAL, ATA 27-63-01, THE SYSTEM CHECKED NORMAL.

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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