# Incident 19990916035459I: Beech 400A, Syracuse, NY, September 16, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 1999, 11:06 local time
- Place: Syracuse, NY
- Airport: Syracuse Hancock International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: ERYA
- 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: N709TA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N709TA-2013-09-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 400A (registry code 1155402, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-400a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D 5 series (registry code 52113, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-5-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 400A
- Reported engine: PWA JT15D5
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990916035459I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 9/16/99, N709TA, A BEECH JET 400, OPERATED BY RAYTHEON TRAVEL, DEPARTED FROM YTZ ENROUTE TO BOS. WHILE ENROUTE, ONE OF THE PASSENGERS REPORTED SMOKE IN THE CABIN.  THE CREW DIVERTED TO SYR AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 28 AT 1106 LOCAL TIME.  THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED ON TAXIWAY AND ALL OCCUPANTS EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INCIDENT.  RAYTHEON MAINTENANCE STATED TWO POSSIBLE REASONS.  FIRST WAS COFFEE SPILLED ALONG THE WALL PANEL THAT DRIPPED ON THE BLEED AIR LINE THAT RAN BACK TO THE AIR CONDITIONING AND THE SECOND WAS A GRAY PVC PIPE THAT WENT TO THE AIRCRAFT SIDE WINDOWS FOR DEFOGGING. THE LINE WAS RESTING ON THE SAME BLEED AIR LINE AND HAD STARTED TO MELT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO ACY TO HAVE THE LINE REPLACED.

## Other reports on N709TA (3)

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

- [Incident 20041119031769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041119031769I), Nov 19, 2004: Beech 400A (N709TA), Minneapolis, MN. (-23) During takeoff, climb and taxi back, the hydraulic pressure spiked to over 2000 PSI. Landed back at msp with no incident. General dynamics replaced both…
- [Incident 20031115030069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031115030069I), Nov 15, 2003: Beech 400A (N709TA), Van Nuys, CA. (-23) On takeoff, aircraft call sign opt 709 reported fuel transfer problems as well as rudder and trim problems. The aircraft returned to vny and landed…
- [Incident 20001108024319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001108024319I), Nov 8, 2000: Beech 400A (N709TA), Rochester, MN. (-23) KSS709, a BE-400-A, enroute from fairfield IA (ffl) to minneapolis, MN (msp), diverted to Rochester, MN (rst), due to smoke in the cockpit. The a/c…

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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