What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Narrative: on Sunday, January 25, 1998 at 918 local time, a MD-80, N283, flight #246, registered to American airlines, inc., arrived at Syracuse Hancock International Airport and landed on runway 28. After landing, the captain taxied the aircraft onto taxiway 28F at which point the nosegear contacted a patch of ice and skidded to the right hand side of the taxiway and then off the surface approximately three feet into a snow bank. The aircraft was quickly retrieved by shoveling a path for the nose wheels and attaching a tow bar and using a tractor with chains to put the nose back onto the hard surface and then on to the terminal where the passengers were disembarked. American airlines maintenance was summoned from laguardia and inspected the nose landing gear and found it undamaged and fully serviceable. The aircraft was ferried to ord the next morning. This incident did close the runway for approximately 1/2 hour. This incident was taken over by American airlines safety access program. Final disposition will be decided by the event review team (ert). Contact r. neumeyer privacy data omitted for final decisions, ref#246.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 1998 AT 918 LOCAL TIME, A MD-80, N283, FLIGHT #246, REGISTERED TO AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., ARRIVED AT SYRACUSE HANCOCK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 28. AFTER LANDING, THE CAPTAIN TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT ONTO TAXIWAY 28F AT WHICH POINT THE NOSEGEAR CONTACTED A PATCH OF ICE AND SKIDDED TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE TAXIWAY AND THEN OFF THE SURFACE APPROXIMATELY THREE FEET INTO A SNOW BANK. THE AIRCRAFT WAS QUICKLY RETRIEVED BY SHOVELING A PATH FOR THE NOSE WHEELS AND ATTACHING A TOW BAR AND USING A TRACTOR WITH CHAINS TO PUT THE NOSE BACK ONTO THE HARD SURFACE AND THEN ON TO THE TERMINAL WHERE THE PASSENGERS WERE DISEMBARKED. AMERICAN AIRLINES MAINTENANCE WAS SUMMONED FROM LAGUARDIA AND INSPECTED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND FOUND IT UNDAMAGED AND FULLY SERVICEABLE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO ORD THE NEXT MORNING. THIS INCIDENT DID CLOSE THE RUNWAY FOR APPROXIMATELY 1/2 HOUR. THIS INCIDENT WAS TAKEN OVER BY AMERICAN AIRLINES SAFETY ACCESS PROGRAM. FINAL DISPOSITION WILL BE DECIDED BY THE EVENT REVIEW TEAM (ERT). CONTACT R. NEUMEYER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITT^ FOR FINAL DECISIONS, REF#246.
Other reports on N283AA · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.