# Incident 19851011073609I: Bag JETSTM3101, Paducah, KY, October 11, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 1985, 20:28 local time
- Place: Paducah, KY
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: REXA
- Location: 37.0709° N, 88.6445° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Paducah, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0709&lon=-88.6445&mi=10
- Aircraft: N331BJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BAG JETSTM3101
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851011073609I

## Narrative

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

MODE C SHOWED CLIMB ABOVE ASSIGNED ALTITUDE. FOUND MECHANICAL FAILURE OF ENCODING ALTIMETER.

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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