# Incident 19981123042579I: Emb EMB120ER, Syracuse, NY, November 23, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 1998
- Place: Syracuse, NY
- Airport: Syracuse Hancock International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- 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: N12709, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12709-2014-12-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-120ER (registry code 3260203, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-120er) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW118 (registry code 52116, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw118) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB120ER
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981123042579I

## Narrative

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

(-5)ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1998, N12709, AN EMB-120, FLIGHT 3194, OPERATED BY CONTINENTAL EXPRESS, ENROUTE FROM CLE TO SYR, REPORTED TO THE SYR ATCT THAT THEY HAD "NO GEAR INDICATION." THE AIRCRAFT PREFORMED A FLY BY AND THE TOWER CONFIRMED THAT THE "GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN."  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND TAXIED TO THE GATE, UNLOADED PASSENGERS AND BOARDED 13 PASSENGERS FOR FLIGHT 3187 TO CLE.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ON TIME.  SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION SHOW NO LOG BOOK ENTRY, NO CONTACT WITH MAINTENANCE CONTROL AND NO MECHANICAL AID FORM THE LOCAL FBO.  CAPTAIN SANDBURG JUST RESUMED FLYING THE SCHEDULE.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^                                                    THE INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N12709 (1)

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

- [Incident 19930918045529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930918045529I), Sep 18, 1993: Emb EMB120RT (N12709), Newark, NJ. Smoke in cockpit and cabin. NR2 engine oil pressure light on. Returned to Newark. Landed safely.

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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