# Incident 20030907032179I: Emb EMB135KL, Syracuse, NY, September 7, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2003, 16:13 local time
- Place: Syracuse, NY
- Airport: Syracuse Hancock International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- 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: N838AE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N838AE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-135KL (registry code 3260302, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-135kl) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison AE-3007A1/3 (registry code 03036, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-ae-3007a1-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB135KL
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030907032179I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2003, AN AMERICAN EAGLE, EMB-135, FLT. 4320, DIVERTED INTO SYRACUSE AIRPORT, SYRACUSE, NY DUE TO SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. THE ARFF RESPONDED AND NO EVIDENCE OF A FIRE WAS OBSERVED. THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING CRUISE FLIGHT THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED A LOUD NOISE UNDER THE FLOOR BOARD FOLLOWED BY A BURNING SMELL AND SMOKE. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. C/A REPLACED LEFT AIR CYCLE MACHINE. OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD. 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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