# Incident 19940519048839I: Doug DC9, Syracuse, NY, May 19, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 1994, 16:18 local time
- Place: Syracuse, NY
- Airport: Syracuse Hancock International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- 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: UNKNOWN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC9
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940519048839I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MAY 19, 1994, AT 1618 EDT, THE CAPTAIN OF U.S. AIR FLIGHT 761 LOST CONSCIOUSNESS (PASSED OUT) DURING A VISUAL APPROACH TO LAND AT SYRACUSE, NEW YORK. FIRST OFFICER PARIS MICHAELS CONTINUED THE APPROACH AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE CAPTAIN, LUIS KASAKOWSKI, WAS ADMITTED TO COMMUNITY GENERAL HOSPITAL AND REMAINED IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. HE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. THIS INCIENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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