# Incident 19981003034979I: Emb EMB120, Syracuse, NY, October 3, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 1998, 06:40 local time
- Place: Syracuse, NY
- Airport: Syracuse Hancock International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: C2XA
- 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: N12705, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12705-1999-07-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-120ER (registry code 3260203, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-120er) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB120
- People aboard: 22
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981003034979I

## Narrative

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

ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1998, CONTINENTAL EXPRESS FLIGHT 3189, AN EMB-120, DEPARTED SYR BOUND FOR CLEVELAND.  DURING CLIMB-OUT, ALL THREE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT OR MOVE FROM THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION.  THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SYR AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT, THEN TAXIED TO THE TERMINAL.  THE PASSENGERS WERE DISEMBARKED.  CONTRACT MAINTENANCE WAS SUMMONED.  THE GEAR WAS PINNED DOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO CLE.  CLE MAINTENANCE JACKED THE AIRCRAFT AND SWUNG THE GEAR NUMEROUS TIMES.  NO FAULT WAS FOUND.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE AND HAS OPERATED WITHOUT GEAR PROBLEMS TO DATE.  THE INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N12705 (2)

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

- [Incident 19940508022559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940508022559I), May 8, 1994: Emb EMB120RT (N12705), Rochester, NY. Hydraulic overheat light on approach. Replaced hydaulic pump. Light lite again next leg. Replaced thermal switch.
- [Incident 19900805050509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900805050509I), Aug 5, 1990: Emb EMB120RT (N12705), Houston, TX, Minor damage. Right engine fire holding for takeoff. Extinguished fire. Auxiliary generator failed due to loose clamp.

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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