# Incident 19940108003429I: Bag JETSTM3101, Ithaca, NY, January 8, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 1994, 15:33 local time
- Place: Ithaca, NY
- Airport: Tompkins County
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: VNAA
- Location: 42.4439° N, 76.5031° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ithaca, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4439&lon=-76.5031&mi=10
- Aircraft: N850JS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BAG JETSTM3101
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,600 total, 4,800 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940108003429I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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