# Incident 20040920031299I: Emb EMB145LR, Rochester, NY, September 20, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2004, 07:45 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Greater Rochester Internationa
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MASA
- 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: N853MJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N853MJ-2023-04-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-145LR (registry code 3260212, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-145lr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce AE-3007A1P (registry code 54571, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-ae-3007a1p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB145LR
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040920031299I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 20, 2004, AT APPROX. 0745, A MESA, EMB-145, N853MJ, EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FIRE DURING START ON THE #1 ENGINE. PROPER PROCEDURES WERE FOLLOWED AND THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED. CFR DID RESPOND. THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS ON BOARD. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. MAINTENANCE CHANGED OUT THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED. ^^PASSENGER INJURY SUMMARY NOT KNOWN BY ASI.

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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