# Incident 19911216059589I: Aerosp ATR42300, Syracuse, NY, December 16, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 1991, 14:22 local time
- Place: Syracuse, NY
- Airport: Syracuse Hancock International
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: PAYA
- 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: N4211G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4211G-1998-10-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-300 (registry code 8680920, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-aeritalia-atr-42-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP ATR42300
- People aboard: 25
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,900 total, 350 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911216059589I

## Narrative

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

EXPERIENCED ARCING AND FIRE AT UPPER OUTBOARD CORNER OF RIGHT WINDSHIELD WHILE TAXIING. CHANGED WINDSHIELD.

## Other reports on N4211G (1)

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

- [Incident 19970317007939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970317007939I), Mar 17, 1997: Aerosp ATR42300 (N4211G), Honolulu, HI, Minor damage. Narrative: shortly after take-off from runway 4R at phnl, coincident with gear retraction, the crew noted a master caution--single chime and eng on the cap,…

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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