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Incident

FAA incident report · Bag JETSTM3101 · Ithaca, NY · January 8, 1994

Date: January 8, 1994 · 15:33 local
Place: Ithaca, NY
Airport: Tompkins County
Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: VNAA
Aircraft: N850JS
Reported as: Bag JETSTM3101
People aboard: 9
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,600 total4,800 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on 1/8/94 at 1533 EST, a BAE-3101 aircraft registered to jetstream international, inc. experienced an unsafe nose gear indication while on final approach to the Ithaca, NY airport. The crew followed procedures but was unable to obtain a "gear safe" indication. They declared an emergency and landed without further incident. The aircraft was ferried to dayton, oh where maintenance personnel replaced both nose gear micro switches. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed and an IFR flight plan had been filed. The aircraft was not damaged and no person was injured. The pilot held an airline transport pilot certificate. The flight originated in philadelphia, pa on 1/8/94 at 14:15 EST. This incident is considered closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON 1/8/94 AT 1533 EST, A BAE-3101 AIRCRAFT REGISTERED TO JETSTREAM INTERNATIONAL, INC. EXPERIENCED AN UNSAFE NOSE GEAR INDICATION WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO THE ITHACA, NY AIRPORT. THE CREW FOLLOWED PROCEDURES BUT WAS UNABLE TO OBTAIN A "GEAR SAFE" INDICATION. THEY DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO DAYTON, OH WHERE MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REPLACED BOTH NOSE GEAR MICRO SWITCHES. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND NO PERSON WAS INJURED. THE PILOT HELD AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN PHILADELPHIA, PA ON 1/8/94 AT 14:15 EST. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.