# Incident 19831220069559I: Cvac 440, Syracuse, NY, December 20, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 1983, 08:20 local time
- Place: Syracuse, NY
- Airport: Syracuse Hancock
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CMBA
- Location: 43.1112° N, 76.1063° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SYRACUSE HANCOCK INTL (SYR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1112&lon=-76.1063&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94CF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94CF-2017-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Convair 440 (registry code 2422902, https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-440) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-2800 series (registry code 52026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-2800-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CVAC 440
- Reported engine: PWA R2800*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,400 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831220069559I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE SHUT DOWN DUE TO INTERNAL FAILURE. PROP FEATHERED. SCREENS HAD METAL FILINGS. CAUSE UNDETERMINED.

## Other reports on N94CF (1)

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

- [Incident 19860220014009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860220014009I), Feb 20, 1986: Cvac 440 (N94CF), Ypsilanti, MI. Landed after ILS approach. Visibility reported below minimums for approach.

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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