43.0413° N, 76.1432° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Syracuse, NY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
April 16, 1980 · 12:05 local
Place
Syracuse, NY
Airport
Syracuse
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
EMPA
Aircraft
N102UR
Reported as
Swrngn SA226TC
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,795 total1,351 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Flight returned due to faulty landing gear switches. It appeared one gear would not retract.
As the FAA filed it
FLIGHT RETURNED DUE TO FAULTY LANDING GEAR SWITCHES. IT APPEARED ONE GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT.