# Incident 20041208035749I: Amd FALCON50MYST, Syracuse, NY, December 8, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 2004, 19:55 local time
- Place: Syracuse, NY
- Airport: Syracuse Hancock International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N544RA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMD FALCON50MYST
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041208035749I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON THE EVENING OF WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8TH 2004, AT APPROXIMATELY 7:55 A FALCON 50, N544RA, STRUCK A 10 FOOT BLACK METAL POLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION OF TAXIWAYS YANKEE AND PAPA AT THE SYRACUSE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE PILE IS A TARGET DEVICE USED BY THE SENSIS COMPANY AND IS PART OF A GROUND RADAR PROJECT, ASD-X RADAR, BEING TESTED AT THE SYRACUSE AIRPORT. EARLIER, SYRACUSE CITY OPERATIONS PERSONNEL HAD ESCORTED THE SENSIS EMPLOYEES OUT TO THE TAXIWAY AND LEFT THEM TO DO A FIELD CONDITION REPORT. THE CITY OPERATIONS PERSON TOLD THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER BOTH PRIOR TO ESCORTING THE SENSIS PERSONNEL AND AFTER LEAVING THEM ON THE FIELD THAT MEN AND EQUIPMENT WERE WORKING ON THE TAXIWAY AND WOULD GIVE WAY TO AIRCRAFT. THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER CLEARED N544RA TO TAXI FROM EXEC AIR TO RUNWAY 28 WITHOUT WARNING THE AIRCRAFT ABOUT THE MEN AND EQUIPMENT WORKING ON THE TAXIWAY. THIS TOOK THE AIRCRAFT EAST ON TAXIWAY YANKEE WHERE THE TWO SENSIS EMPLOYEES WERE DOING THEIR TESTING. N544RA FOLLOWED TWO F-16 AIRCRAFT ON THE TAXIWAY "Y". THE TWO F-16S TURNED INTO THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD RAMP PRIOR TO THE TESTING AREA. THE FALCON 50 CONTINUED STRAIGHT. THE PILOT SAID THAT HE SAW A PIPE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TAXIWAY BUT IT WAS TOO LATE TO AVOID IT. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE POLE, BENDING THE #2 PITOT TUBE AND PUTTING A DENT INTO THE RIGHT LEADING EDGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO BATTLE CREEK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN TO UNDERGO REPAIR. THE WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR, ALL PAVEMENTS WERE BARE AND DRY, NO PRECIPITATION, BUT IT WAS AT NIGHT.

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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