# Incident 19960219005179I: Jetair JETSTM4101, Washington, DC, February 19, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 1996, 11:09 local time
- Place: Washington, DC
- Airport: Dulles International
- Phase of flight: Normal 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: N323UE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N323UE-2001-12-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Jetstream JETSTREAM 4101 (registry code 1500501, https://openairdocs.org/model/jetstream-jetstream-4101) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JETAIR JETSTM4101
- People aboard: 11
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,847 total, 518 in this make and model, 167 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960219005179I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING DESCENT INTO IAD, UNITED EXPRESS FLIGHT 6532 DECLARED AN IN-FLIGHT EMERGENCY DUE TO SMOKE SMELL IN THE CABIN. AIRCRAFT LANDED AT IAD WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT, NO REPORTED INJURIES TO PASSENGERS OR CREW. FLIGHT CREW REPORTED THAT THERE WAS NO VISIBLE SMOKE OR FIRE, ONLY AN ELECTRICAL SMELL COMING FROM ONE OF THE PASSENGERS GASPER VALVES. ONCE THE VALVE WAS CLOSED, THE SMELL DISSIPATED. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED AN INSPECTION, AND RAN ENGINES, BUT COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED AND APPROVED FOR RETURN TO SERVICE.

## Other reports on N323UE (1)

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

- [Accident 20001229043439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001229043439A), Dec 29, 2000: Jetair JETSTM4101 (N323UE), Charlottesville, VA, Substantial damage. (-23) On December 29, 2000, at 2232 local, united express (atlantic coast airlines) flight 7331, a jetstream 41 aircraft, landed on runway 21 at…

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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