# Incident 20000518033079I: Beech 1900D, Syracuse, NY, May 18, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 2000, 06:45 local time
- Place: Syracuse, NY
- Airport: Syracuse Hancock International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: JJBA
- 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: N848CA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900D
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000518033079I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON THURSDAY, MAY 18, 2000, AT 0645 EDT, A BE-1900 AIRCRAFT, OPERATING AS USAIRWAYS EXPRESS FLIGHT 4501, ENROUTE FROM ROCHESTER, NY TO ALBANY, NY DIVERTED TO AND LANDED AT SYRACUSE,NY WHEN A CARGO DOOR OPEN LIGHT ILLUMIANTED. THE FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND NO DECOMPRESSION OCCURRED.  CONTRACT MAINTENANCE CLEANED THE MICROSWITCH CONTROLLING THE DOOR LIGHT AND RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE AFTER TESTING THE SYSTEM.  THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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