# Incident 19951206043689I: Bag JETSTM3201, Washington, DC, December 6, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 1995, 14:55 local time
- Place: Washington, DC
- Airport: Dulles International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: VTZA
- Location: 38.8951° N, 77.0364° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Washington, DC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8951&lon=-77.0364&mi=10
- Aircraft: N492UE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N492UE-2010-09-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: British Aerospace BAE JETSTREAM 3201 (registry code 1500217, https://openairdocs.org/model/british-aerospace-bae-jetstream-3201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BAG JETSTM3201
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 3,600 in this make and model, 224 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951206043689I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON DECEMBER 6, 1995, AT 1355, THE DIRECTOR OF QUALITY CONTROL FOR ATLANTIC COAST AIRLINES (ACA) NOTIFIED THE WASHINGTON D.C. FSDO, OF AN IN-FLIGHT EMERGENCY ON A BA-JETSTREAM 3200, TAIL N492UE. ON FINAL APPROACH INTO THE PHILADELPHIA AIRPORT, THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT INDICATE DOWN AND LOCKED. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO LOWER THE GEAR FAILED, THE PILOT WAS INSTRUCTED TO RETURN TO THE DULLES AIRPORT (IAD). DURING THE RETURN FLIGHT IAD, THE PILOT MADE SEVERAL UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO LOWER THE NOSE GEAR. AT 1415, ACA'S OPERATION CENTER INSTRUCTED THE PILOT TO MAKE A NOSE GEAR UP, MAIN LANDING GEARS DOWN LANDING AT IAD. THE AIRCRAFT MADE A SAFE NOSE GEAR UP LANDING ON RUNWAY 30 ON IAD AT 1445 LOCAL TIME. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE AREA. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTION JACK ACTUATOR, P/N #6158E, FROZEN IN THE RETRACTION POSITION. MAINTENANCE REMOVED THE RETRACTION JACK ACTUATOR AND SHIPPED IT TO A REPAIR STATION FOR AN INSPECTION AND TEAR-DOWN. THIS INCIDENT, IS CURRENTLY TURNED OVER TO AN AIRWORTHINESS SAFETY INSPECTOR FOR FURTHER REVIEW. NOTE: JACK FAILED DUE TO A CLOGGED RES TRICTOR VALVE.

## Other reports on N492UE (2)

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

- [Incident 19980216004729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980216004729I), Feb 16, 1998: Bag JETSTM3201 (N492UE), Rochester, NY. Narrative: on Monday, February 16, 1998, at 0715 EST, a ba jetstream 3201, N492UE, flight 6269, operated by atlantic coast airlines, returned to the Rochester…
- [Incident 19930317010019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930317010019I), Mar 17, 1993: Bag JETSTM3201 (N492UE), Syracuse, NY. No nose gear indication on final approach. Landed safely. Nose microswitch replaced.

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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