# Incident 19981004042929I: Cessna 550, Syracuse, NY, October 4, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 1998, 10:25 local time
- Place: Syracuse, NY
- Airport: Syracuse Hancock International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BJFA
- 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: N267TC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 550
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981004042929I

## Narrative

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

(-5) ON OCTOBER 4, 1998, AT 1025E, A CESSNA CITATION, N267TC, S/N 550-0345 REGISTERED TO 304 M C LIMITED EXPERIENCED A RUNWAY INCURSION WITH THE MILITARY INSTALLED ARRESTING CABLES ON THE RUNWAY, ON TAKE-OFF ON RUNWAY 10, AT THE SYRACUSE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT . THE ARFF RESPONDED AND THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT, AND FOUND THE MAGNETIC COMPASS DETACHED FROM ITS MOUNT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ALSO INSPECTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CESSNA AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE MANUAL, 5-50-00, PAR 7, FOR DAMAGE CHECK AND PAR.3 HARD LANDING CHECK. NO DISCREPANIES NOTED AT THIS TIME. MAINTENANCE REATTACHED THE COMPASS, OPS. CHECK GOOD, NEW COMPASS BRACKET INSTALLED, AIRCRAFT SAFE FOR FLIGHT AT THIS TIME. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DAMAGED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, ON OCTOBER 4, 1998. ON OCTOBER 22, 1998, FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE EA23, MET WITH SYR ATCT PERSONNEL AND DETERMINED THAT THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD AIRCRAFT ARRESTING CABLE WAS IN THE UP POSITION WITHOUT THE SYR ATCT PERSONNEL KNOWING. THE FSDO AND SYR ATC DISCUSSED THE SYSTEMS POTENTIAL DESIGN FLAWS AND A HISTORY OF RELIABIOITY PROBLEMS, AND REQUESTED A DEMONSTRATION OF THE ACTIVATION, ALARM, AND WARNING SYSTEM. SYSTEM DOES NOT PERFORM AS ADVERTISED; FLAWS ARE IDENTIFIED AND DISCUSSED WITH ATC, NATIONAL GUARD, AND THE CITY OF SYRACUSE. ON OCTOBER 27, 1998, FSDO AND SYRACUSE ATCT INFORMED THE NATIONAL GUARD OF THE FINDINGS AND REQUESTED THAT THE CABLE SYSTEM AND PROTOCOL FOR WARNING PROCEDURE BE REVIEWED AND REVISED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ON DECEMBER 2, 1998, FSDO, SYR. ATCT., AND PERSONNEL FROM THE NATIONAL GUARD, PERFORMED A FUNCTIONAL TEST OF THE ARRESTING CABLES. THE ARRESTING CABLES OPERATION CHECK GOOD, AND NO FURTHER ACTION IS NECESSARY.

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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