# Incident 20000724036009I: Boeing 727227, Syracuse, NY, July 24, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 2000, 19:30 local time
- Place: Syracuse, NY
- Airport: Syracuse Hancock International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AMTA
- 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: N767AT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727227
- People aboard: 171
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000724036009I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON MONDAY , JULY 24, 2000, DURING SCHEDULE FLIGHT #165 FROM BOS TO MDY, AT APPROXIMATELY 1930 EDT, AM AMERICAN TRANS AIR B-727-200, N767AT, DIVERTED INTO SYRACUSE HANCOCK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (SYR) AND EXECUTED A NON-EMERGENCY LANDING. THE COMPANYT DISPATCHED ANOTHER AIRCRAFT TO SYR WITH MECHANICS AND GROUND AGENTS.  THE 164 PASSENGERS AND THEIR BAGGAGE FROM THE ORIGINATING FLIGHT WERE BOARDED ON THE NEWLY ARRIVED AIRCRAFT AND CONTINUE TO THEIR DESTINATION OF MDY.  THE MECHANICS ACCOMPLISHED REPAIRS TO FIVE LOOSE RIVETS THAT WERE LOCATED ON THE LEFT WING UPPER LEADING EDGE IN THE AREA OF #1 LEADING EDGE FLAPS.  N767AT WAS REPAIRED BY THE REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF THE FIVE LOOSE RIVETS AND DEPARTED SYR AT 0230 ON JULY 25, 2000.  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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