# Incident 19980123002679I: Castelloe EAA BIPLANE P1, Syracuse, NY, January 23, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 1998, 16:45 local time
- Place: Syracuse, NY
- Airport: Syracuse Hancock International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- 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: N9162, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9162-2017-02-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Castelloe EAA BIPLANE P1 (registry code 33601BA, https://openairdocs.org/model/castelloe-eaa-biplane-p1) (OpenAirDocs)
- People aboard: 49
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980123002679I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1998 AT 1648 LOCAL, A DC-9-10, N9162, REGISTERED TO NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC., WAS BEING DEICED AT THE SOUTH PAD AT SYRACUSE HANCOCK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, SYRACUSE, NY WHEN THE DEICING TRUCK BUCKET STRUCK THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE 8' INBOARD OF THE WING TIP. THREE PARALLEL SCRATCHES AT A LENGTH OF 3/4" WERE LEFT ON THE SURFACE. USAIR MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATED THE DAMAGE AND DETERMINED THE DEPTH TO BE LESS THAN .005. THE SCRATCHES WERE WITHIN MAINTENANCE MANUAL LIMITS AND WERE BURNISHED OUT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DISPATCHED TO DTW WHERE AN EDDY CURRENT CHECK WAS PERFORMED AND NO CRACKS FOUND. DISCREPANCY FOUND WITHIN LIMITS OF SRM 57-03 AND SIGNED OFF ON LOG PAGE #7027676. 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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