# Incident 19930501018239I: Piper PA32R300, Syracuse, NY, May 1, 1993

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 1993, 08:52 local time
- Place: Syracuse, NY
- Airport: Syracuse Hancock International
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- 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: N43977, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N43977) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 625 total, 50 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930501018239I

## Narrative

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

UNSAFE LANDING GEAR LIGHT. DIVERTED TO SYRACUSE. LANDED THEN DEPARTED. FOUND NOSE GEAR DAMAGE ON LANDING AT BATAVIA

## Other reports on N43977 (2)

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

- [Incident 20081031850489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081031850489I), Oct 31, 2008: Piper PA32R300 (N43977), Columbus, MT, Minor damage. (-23) On October 31, 2008, at 1130 MDT, a Piper cherokee lance PA-32R, N43977, registered to air kraft spraying inc, crash landed in a swampy area 1/2 mile…
- [Incident 19900303011449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900303011449I), Mar 3, 1990: Piper PA32R300 (N43977), Rochester, NY. Odor of smoke in cockpit on climb. Returned. Found cleaning solvent around exhaust stack of cabin heat muff.

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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