# Incident 20000602020479I: Saab 340B, Syracuse, NY, June 2, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 2000, 20:45 local time
- Place: Syracuse, NY
- Airport: Syracuse Hancock International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SIMA
- 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: N266AE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N266AE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Saab-Scania SAAB 340B (registry code 7860101, https://openairdocs.org/model/saab-scania-saab-340b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CT7-SER series (registry code 30031, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-ct7-ser-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SAAB 340B
- People aboard: 31
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000602020479I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 2, 2000, AT 2345EST, A SAAB SF-340-B, S/N 340B-266, N266AE, REGISTERED TO AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES INC., EXPERIENCED HYDRAULIC FAILURE INBOUND TO SYRACUSE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, SYRACUSE, NY. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND AIRPORT CRASH, FIRE AND RESCUE (CFR) EQUIPMENT WAS STANDING BY. AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 28 AND TAXIED TO RAMP WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FOUND THAT THE NUMBER THREE (3) WHEEL ASSEMBLY INBOARD WHEEL HALVE WAS CRACKED, WHICH DAMAGED THE BRAKE LINES THAT COUSED THE HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR TO BE DEPLETED. MAINTENANCE PERSONNAL REPLACED THE NUMBER THREE (3) AND FOUR (4) WHEEL ASSEMBLY, THE NUMBER THREE (3) BRAKE, AND THE RIGHT INBOARD BRAKE HOSE ASSEMBLY. THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM WAS SERVICED TO FULL AND CHECKED FOR LEAKS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED AT THIS TIME. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE BOSTON LOGAN AIRPORT, BOSTON, MA ON JUNE 2, 2000.

## Other reports on N266AE (2)

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

- [Incident 20011130032479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011130032479I), Nov 30, 2001: Saab 340B (N266AE), Boston, MA, Minor damage. (-23) After landing on 04R, the aircraft turned left onto runway 33L at Logan international airport. The right propeller and right landing gear struck a runway…
- [Incident 19920712034389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920712034389I), Jul 12, 1992: Saab 340B (N266AE), Rochester, NY. Unsafe landing gear indication on approach. Landed safely. Found a faulty micoswitch.

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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