# Incident 19991107031889I: Cessna A185F, Syracuse, NY, November 7, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 1999, 12:15 local time
- Place: Syracuse, NY
- Airport: Syracuse Hancock International
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- 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: N1743R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1743R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 595 total, 400 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991107031889I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 7, 1999, AT 12:25 EDT, A CESSNA CE-185F, S/N 18502463, PILOTED BY JANET PENDERGRAPH, LANDED THE AIRFCRAFT ON RUNWAY 33, IN SYRACUSE, NY WITH THE LANDING GEAR UP IN THE AMPHIBIOUS FLOATS. THE CRASH, FIRE AND RESCUE (CRF) RESPONDED, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS JACKED UP, THE LANDING GEAR WAS LOWERED, AND THEN THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT INCIDENT.  MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL INSPECTED THE AMPHIBIOUS FLOATS AND NOTED NO APPARENT DAMAGE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS ISSUED A SPECIAL FLIGHT PERMIT, WITH THE LANDING GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED, TO FLY FROM SYRACUSE AIRPORT TO ITHACA AIRPORT ON NOVEMBER 17, 1999.  THE AIRCRAFT WILL THEN BE INSPECTED AND THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTION AND EXTENSION TESTS PERFORMED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO IFR FLIGHT WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS VERY MINOR AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT NY42, A SMALL AIRPORT NEAR RED CREEK, NY ON NOVEMBER 7, 1999 AT 12:15 EST.

## Other reports on N1743R (1)

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

- [Incident 19970912029519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970912029519I), Sep 12, 1997: Cessna A185F (N1743R), Rochester, NY, Minor damage. Narrative: on Friday, September 12, 1997, at approximately 1400 EDT, a Cessna 185F on amphibious edo floats, registered to pbc, inc., landed on runway 25 at…

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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