# Incident 19970722027459I: Cessna 172P, Syracuse, NY, July 22, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 1997, 15:45 local time
- Place: Syracuse, NY
- Airport: Syracuse Hancock International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- 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: N55479, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55479-2012-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970722027459I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 7/22/97 AT 1545 EDT A CESSNA 172 BEING OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT DAMAGED THE PROPELLER WHILE LANDING AT THE SYRACUSE INT'L AIRPORT IN SYRACUSE, NY. THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN LOSS OF DIRECITONAL CONTROL ON THE RUNWAY AND DAMAGED THE PROPELLER DURING BRAKE APPLICATION WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMAIN ON THE RUNWAY SURFACE. NO PERSON WAS INJURED AND NO OTHER PROPERTY WAS DAMAGED. THE AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED SYRACUSE AT 1510 EDT ON A LOCAL VFR. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N55479 (2)

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

- [Accident 20091026050659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091026050659A), Oct 26, 2009: Cessna 172P (N55479), Bennington, VT, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Aircraft departed west milfery, NJ for a 2 hour local flight. Aircraft was viewed shooting approaches (approx 1830HRS) to runway 13. After approximatley 4…
- [Incident 19940409012509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940409012509I), Apr 9, 1994: Cessna 172P (N55479), Syracuse, NY, Minor damage. Pilot had a propeller strike on landing.

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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