# Incident 19990314016539I: Boeing 737401, Syracuse, NY, March 14, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 1999, 18:51 local time
- Place: Syracuse, NY
- Airport: Syracuse Hancock International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- 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: N411US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N411US-2003-08-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-401 (registry code 138449B, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-401) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737401
- People aboard: 124
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990314016539I

## Narrative

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

(-5) ON MARCH 14, 1999, AT 1851EDT A BOEING B-737-401, S/N 23880, N411US, REGISTERED TO US AIRWAYS INC., DIVERTED TO SYRACUSE AIRPORT, AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 10 AFTER REPORTING ENGINE PROBLEMS WHILE ENROUTE FROM PITTSBURGH, PA. TO WILKES-BARRE, PA. THE ARFF RESPONDED AND THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FOUND THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE NOSE COWL ANTI-ICE VALVE CLOSED. MAINTENANCE DEFERRED THE VALVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPROVED MINIMUM EQUIPMENT LIST 30-3B, CONTROL NUMBER 1496C26, THEN RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, PITTSBURGH, PA., AT 1751EST.

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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