# Incident 19881220066209I: Mtsbsi MU2B26, Syracuse, NY, December 20, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 1988, 08:32 local time
- Place: Syracuse, NY
- Airport: Syracuse Hancock International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N40KC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N40KC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B-26 (registry code 5780408, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MTSBSI MU2B26
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE3316
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,607 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/19881220066209I

## Narrative

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

UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION. VISUALLY OK. LANDED SAFELY. MALFUNCTION OF MICRO SWITCH.

## Other reports on N40KC (3)

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

- [Incident 19930309009159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930309009159I), Mar 9, 1993: Mtsbsi MU2B26 (N40KC), Baltimore, MD. Lost pressurization at cruise altitude. Descended and landed at airport.
- [Incident 19900323010959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900323010959I), Mar 23, 1990: Mtsbsi MU2B26 (N40KC), Rochester, NY. Oil pressure dropping. Oil on cowl. Shut down and landed. Found oil filter adapter was cracked.
- [Incident 19900116007299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900116007299I), Jan 16, 1990: Mtsbsi MU2B26 (N40KC), Manchester, NH. ATC determined altitude transponder out of tolerance. Requested pilot stop altitude squawk. Turned off transponder.

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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