# Incident 19960111001369I: Bag JETSTM3201, Nashville, TN, January 11, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 1996, 15:30 local time
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Airport: Nashville International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: NVEA
- Location: 36.1245° N, 86.6782° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NASHVILLE INTL (BNA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1245&lon=-86.6782&mi=10
- Aircraft: N942AE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N942AE-1999-11-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: British Aerospace BAE JETSTREAM 3201 (registry code 1500217, https://openairdocs.org/model/british-aerospace-bae-jetstream-3201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BAG JETSTM3201
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,897 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960111001369I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AMERICAN EAGLE FLT. 4539, BNA-LEX; AS AIRCRAFT WAS PREPARING FOR TAKE OFF FROM RUNWAY 20L, FIRE WAS OBSERVED COMING FROM #1 ENGINE BY THE TOWER. THE CAPTAIN REPORTED HEARING A BANG AND VERIFIED FLAMES (THERE WAS NO FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM WARNING). TAKE OFF WAS ABORTED, #1 ENGINE SECURED AND ENGINE FIRE EXTINGUISHER SYSTEM DISCHARGED. TAXIING ONTO THE FLAGSHIP ARRIVAL RAMP, CFR STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT AND EXTINGUISHED RESIDUAL FLAME INSIDE THE TAILPIPE AND PASSENGERS DEPLANED. NO INJURIES, NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT, NACELLE OR ENGINE EXTERIOR. ENGINE FOUND LOCKED UP AND TURBINE SHOWS SIGNS OF HOT SECTION DISTRESS. THE ENGINE WAS CHANGED AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

## Other reports on N942AE (1)

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

- [Incident 19931015046269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931015046269I), Oct 15, 1993: Bag JETSTM3101 (N942AE), Inyokern, CA. Pilot flew right turn pattern. Flew close to united express. Made go around. Landed safely on next attempt.

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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