# Incident 19970826028689I: Piper PA46350P, Syracuse, NY, August 26, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 1997, 13:00 local time
- Place: Syracuse, NY
- Airport: Syracuse Hancock International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- 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: N415JH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46350P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970826028689I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 8/26/97 AT 1300 EDT A PIPER MALIBU, PA-46, N415JH, PILOTED BY DUDLEY JOHNSON LANDED ON RUNWAY 10 AT THE SYRACUSE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HAD NO "DOWN" INDICATION FROM THE NOSE GEAR AND THE HYDRAULIC PUMP POPPED THE CIRCUIT BREAKER. THE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL AND THE NOSE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. MAINTENANCE JACKED THE AIRCRAFT AND CYCLED THE GEAR REPEATEDLY. A DEFECTIVE NOSE GEAR DOWN LOCK SWITCH WAS FOUND AND PLACED ON ORDER. THE SWITCH CONTROLS THE DOWN LOCK INDICATION AND TURNS OFF THE HYDRAULIC PUMP. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THIS INCIDENT 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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