# Incident 19990508017689I: Piper PA34200T, Syracuse, NY, May 8, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1999, 14:45 local time
- Place: Syracuse, NY
- Airport: Syracuse Hancock International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N995EA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N995EA-2012-12-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990508017689I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 8, 1999, AT 1045 EST A PIPER PA-34-200T, S/N 34-7770024, N995EA, EXPERIENCED THE RIGHT SIDE LANDING GEAR'S FAILURE TO EXTEND. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 28, IN SYRACUSE; THE ARFF RESPONDED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE RAMP. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FOUND THE RIGHT SIDE LANDING GEAR DOOR JAMMED AND NOTED THE WRONG MAIN LANDING GEAR HINGE AND PIN INSTALLED. MAINTENANCE ALSO NOTED THE RIGHT AILERON, RIGHT WING TIP, RIGHT STABILIZER TIP, AND WING STEP DAMAGED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DAMAGED, AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT KENOSHA REGIONAL AIRPORT, KENOSHA, WI ON MAY 8, 1999. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N995EA (1)

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

- [Incident 19911106056149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911106056149I), Nov 6, 1991: Piper PA34200T (N995EA), St Louis, MO, Minor damage. Pilot mistook a water filled ditch as an ice covered taxiway. Propellers struck runway. Poor taxiway lighting.

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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