# Incident 19871221080529I: Bag JETSTM3101, Middletown, PA, December 21, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 1987, 17:50 local time
- Place: Middletown, PA
- Airport: Harrisburg International Airport-Olmsted
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: VNAA
- Location: 40.2009° N, 76.7292° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Middletown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2009&lon=-76.7292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N843JS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N843JS-2004-06-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: British Aerospace BAE JETSTREAM 3101 (registry code 1500216, https://openairdocs.org/model/british-aerospace-bae-jetstream-3101) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BAG JETSTM3101
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 1,600 in this make and model, 109 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871221080529I

## Narrative

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

HAD A RED POD SMOKE LIGHT COME ON UNABLE TO EXTINGUISH. PRIORITY HANDLING. AT AIRPORT FOUND FAULTY SMOKE DETECTOR.

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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