# Incident 20120222004049I: Embraer EMB-145LR, Rochester, NY, February 22, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 2012, 23:47 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Greater Rochester International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: RAIA
- 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: N845HK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N845HK-2021-04-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-145LR (registry code 3260212, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-145lr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce AE3007 series (registry code 54582, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-ae3007-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER EMB-145LR
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC AE3007 SER
- People aboard: 48
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 6,000 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120222004049I

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 22, 2011 AT 23:47 EST A EMBRAER 145LR, N845HK, REGISTERED TO TRANS STATES AIRLINES LLC ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT GREATER ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 22 AND WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT SLID OF THE END OF THE RUNWAY, IN HEAVY SNOW CONDITIONS. APPROXIMATELY 2 INCHES OF SNOW FELL WITH IN THE HOUR OF THE INCIDENT. 48 TOTAL PASSENGERS INCLUDING THE CREW WERE ON BOARD AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AND THE PASSENGERS WERE ALL REMOVED AND TRANSPORTED BY BUS TO THE MAIN TERMINAL OF THE AIRPORT. AIRPORT AUTHORITIES REPORTED THE LANDING GEAR STRUCK A THRESHOLD LIGHT AND A LIGHT ON THE 200' BAR OF THE RUNWAY 4 APPROACH LIGHT ARRAY. FAA ROCHESTER FLIGHT STANDARDS OFFICE WAS NOTIFIED BY REGIONAL OPERATIONS CENTER ON FEBRUARY 23, 2012 AT 0000 EST. UPON ARRIVAL OF THE AIRCRAFT ARFF WAS ON STANDBY AS WELL AS AIRPORT OPERATIONS, THE PASSENGERS WERE REMOVED ALREADY. THE FLIGHT CREW (PIC) AND (SIC) WERE DEBRIEFED AND THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS WERE MADE: THEY HAD SWITCHED TO ROCHESTER ATIS 150 MILES OUT, QUARTER MILE HEAVY SNOW AND FOG. NO PILOT REPORT ON BRAKING ACTION AND THE RUNWAY WAS SNOW COVERED. THEY COULD SEE THE RUNWAY MARKINGS AND ON TOUCH DOWN PILOT REPORTED THEY WERE ON BRAKES HARD BUT WERE NOT GETTING A RESPONSE. THEY REPORTED THERE WAS NO DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEMS AND MAINTAINED THE CENTER LINE UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 200 HUNDRED FEET OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. FLIGHT CREWS PILOT CERTIFICATES AND MEDICAL CERTIFICATES WERE CURRENT.  THE AIRCRAFT AIRWORTHINESS AND REGISTRATION WERE CURRENT AS WELL. INTERVIEWED ROC AIRPORT OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR  WHO CAME ON DUTY THAT EVENING, HE STATED HE HAD BROOMS ON STANDBY AT 22:55 EST AND AT 23:00 HE MADE THE CALL FOR THE SWEEPERS TO CLEAR THE RUNWAY IN BETWEEN INCOMING AIRCRAFTS. HE REPORTED THAT 4 PASSES HAD BEEN COMPLETED ON EACH SIDE OF RUNWAY 22 BETWEEN 23:00 AND 23:30 EST. HE PERFORMED AIRPORT RUNWAY CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME AS BRAKING FAIR.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY BY  AT 0430 EST.  NTSB WAS NOTIFIED AND IN PHONE CONTACT WITH THE FAA IIC WHO REPORTED INITIAL FINDINGS TO NTSB INSPECTOR (TODD GUNTHER). THE INFORMATION REQUESTED WAS SENT TO NTSB AND WE WERE ADVISED THAT WE WOULD BE PERFORMING OVERSIGHT ON THE AIRCRAFT SYSTEM CHECKS. NTSB IIC BILL ENGLISH TOOK OVER THE INVESTIGATION AND REQUESTED THE FDR AND CVR BE REMOVED AND SENT TO A LAB FOR DOWNLOAD. NTSB RELEASED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE COMPANY.POI AND PMI  OF THE CMO HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. INVESTIGATION IS CONCLUDED AT ROCHESTER NY FSDO.

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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