# Incident 20180825018529I: Embraer EMB-110P1, Syracuse, NY, August 25, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2018, 06:48 local time
- Place: Syracuse, NY
- Airport: Hancock Int
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AXSA
- Location: 43.0413° N, 76.1432° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Syracuse, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0413&lon=-76.1432&mi=10
- Aircraft: N118WA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N118WA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-110P1 (registry code 3260122, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-110p1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6A-34 (registry code 61534, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6a-34) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER EMB-110P1
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-34
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 15,500 total, 144 in this make and model, 79 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180825018529I

## Narrative

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

ON 08/25/2018, WIGGINS AIRWAYS EMB-110, N118WA WAS DEPARTING FROM SYR ON FLIGHT NUMBER 1346 TO KPTD. AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS LEAVING 3500?, THE PILOT STATED THEY HEARD A MUFFLED ?BANG? FOLLOWED BY A RESULTANT YAW. THE PILOT IDENTIFIED THE RIGHT ENGINE HAD FAILED, AND WENT THROUGH THE ENGINE FAILURE PROCEDURES IAW THE CHECK LIST. ATC WAS ADVISED AND AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. ATC PROVIDED VECTORS FOR AN IMMEDIATE LANDING ON RUNWAY 10 AT SYR.  INITIAL INSPECTION BY THE AIR CARRIER REVEALED THE RIGHT ENGINE HAD A CATASTROPHIC INTERNAL CONTAINED FAILURE.

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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