# Accident 19831109056719A: Piper PA28140, Syracuse, NY, November 9, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 9, 1983, 18:40 local time
- Place: Syracuse, NY
- Airport: Hancock
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0413° N, 76.1432° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Syracuse, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0413&lon=-76.1432&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1323T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1323T-2017-10-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC84LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831109056719A

## Narrative

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

COLLIDED WITH APPROACH LIGHTS WHILE ON APPROACH TO LAND. WAS ABLE TO GO AROUND AND LAND SAFELY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC84LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA025), Nov 9, 1983: Piper PA-28-140 (N1323T), Syracuse, NY, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1323T (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19900611022579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900611022579A), Jun 11, 1990: Piper PA28140 (N1323T), Marcellus, NY, Substantial damage. Settled into trees on uphill slight downwind takeoff from sod runway. Was near gross weight.
- [Accident 19740210004579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740210004579A), Feb 10, 1974: Piper PA28140 (N1323T), Penn Yan, NY, Substantial damage. Pilot landed short. Aircraft struck dirtbank and sheared off landing gear.

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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