# Incident 19890109005349I: Bag JETSTM3101, Erie, PA, January 9, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 1989, 07:20 local time
- Place: Erie, PA
- Airport: Erie International
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: VNAA
- Location: 42.0442° N, 79.8539° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Erie County Airport (3G1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0442&lon=-79.8539&mi=10
- Aircraft: N831JS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N831JS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: British Aerospace BAE JETSTREAM 3101 (registry code 1500216, https://openairdocs.org/model/british-aerospace-bae-jetstream-3101) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BAG JETSTM3101
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE331*
- People aboard: 11
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 1,171 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890109005349I

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO GET NOSE GEAR UP AND LOCKED INDICATION. RETURNED AND LANDED. DOWN LOCK SWITCH WAS FROZEN.

## Other reports on N831JS (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19890223010169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890223010169I), Feb 23, 1989: Bag JETSTM3101 (N831JS), Erie, PA. Unsafe nose gear indication on approach. Landed without incident. Found a defective nose gear indication switch.
- [Incident 19881215067649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881215067649I), Dec 15, 1988: Bag JETSTM3101 (N831JS), Dayton, OH. Determined captains ASI was not operating properly. Return to Dayton with no further incident.

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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