# Incident 19990314016509I: Saab SF340A, Syracuse, NY, March 14, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 1999, 17:39 local time
- Place: Syracuse, NY
- Airport: Syracuse Hancock International
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: PLGA
- 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: N338BE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N338BE-2005-05-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Saab-Fairchild 340A (registry code 7850100, https://openairdocs.org/model/saab-fairchild-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SAAB SF340A
- People aboard: 32
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990314016509I

## Narrative

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

(-5) ON MARCH 14, 1999, AT 1739EST, SAAB 340, S/N 340A-034, N338BE, OPERATED BY BUSINESS EXPRESS INC. REPORTED ELECTRICAL "FUMES" IN THE COCKPIT WHILE ON APPROACH INBOUND TO SYRACUSE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE ARFF RESPONDED AND THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FOUND THE FIRST OFFICER FORWARD INSTRUMENT BACK LIGHTING POWER SUPPLY OVERHEATING. THE POWER SUPPLY WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED P/N 449-3, S/N 9454, IN ACCORDANCE WITH MAINTENANCE MANUAL SF340 AMM, CHAPTER 53-10. AN OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS PERFORMED AND NO FURTHER DISCREPANCIES WERE NOTED AT THIS TIME. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN IFR FLIGHT WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, BOSTON, MA. ON MARCH 14, 1999 AT 1630 EST.

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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