43.1112° N, 76.1063° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at SYRACUSE HANCOCK INTL (SYR), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
October 6, 1986 · 12:30 local
Place
Syracuse, NY
Airport
Syracuse Hancock International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
LEKA
Aircraft
N60GH
Reported as
Rkwell NA26560
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,500 total500 in this make and model85 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.
Aircraft departed taxiway after nose wheel steering became inoperative. Pilot failed to activate hydraulic system.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT DEPARTED TAXIWAY AFTER NOSE WHEEL STEERING BECAME INOPERATIVE. PILOT FAILED TO ACTIVATE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM.