# Incident 20001221037739I: Beech 1900D, Syracuse, NY, December 21, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 2000, 17:45 local time
- Place: Syracuse, NY
- Airport: Syracuse Hancock International
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- 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: N846CA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N846CA-2007-03-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon 1900D (registry code 7150005, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-1900d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-6 series (registry code 52150, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-6-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900D
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A67D
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001221037739I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 21, 2000, AT 1745 EST, A BEECHCRAFT BE-1900-D, N846CA, OPERATED BY CHAMPLAIN ENTERPRISES INC., EXPERIENCED LOW OIL PRESSURE IN THE LEFT ENGINE. THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN, AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT THE SYRACUSE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE ARFF RESPONDED AND THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL INSPECTED THE ENGINE ASSEMBLY, AND SERVICED THE LEFT ENGINE WITH 5 QUARTS OF EXXON 2380 TURBINE OIL. THE ENGINE WAS RUN UP IN ACCORDANCE WITH PRATT & WHITNEY MAINTANCE MANUAL, WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED, AND RETURNED TO SERVICE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPOSITIONED TO THE PLATTSBURG, NY MAINTENANCE BASE WHERE THE PT6A-67D, ENGINE WAS REMOVED FOR PRECAUTIONARY REASONS, S/N OFF PS0313, S/N ON PSO450. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RUN UP AND LEAK CHECKED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRATT & WHITNEY MAINTENANCE MANUAL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. TEH AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAAMGED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT BOSTON/LOGAN AIRPORT, BOSTON, MA ON DECEMBER 21, 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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