# Incident 20010516013959I: Boeing 727232, Syracuse, NY, May 16, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2001, 04:40 local time
- Place: Syracuse, NY
- Airport: Syracuse Hancock International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FDEA
- 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: N498FE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N498FE-2013-03-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-232 (registry code 1384082, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 (registry code 52051, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727232
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010516013959I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2001, A BOEING B-727-232, N498FE, FEDERAL EXPRESS FLIGHT 1958, WAS ON APPROACH TO SYRACUSE HANCOCK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ENROUTE FROM EWR TO SYR. AS THE CREW EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR AND FLAPS, THE #7 L/E SLAT ACTUATOR EXPERIENCED A HYDRAULIC RUPTURE IN THE SEALING COMPONENTS AND BEGAN TO RAPIDLY LEAK "A" SYSTEM HYDRAULIC FLUID.  LOG PAGE 327922 REPORTS "LOSS OF SYS A HYD FLUID AFTER EXTENSION OF GEAR AND FLAPS.  QUANTITY WENT TO ZERO ON ROLLOUT.  PRESSURE WENT TO ZERO SHORTLY THEREAFTER."  THE PILOT STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY AND MAINTENANCE TOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RAMP WITH A TRACTOR.  THE #7 LEADING EDGE FLAP ACTUATOR WAS FOUND TO BE LEAKING AND WAS CHANGED.  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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