# Incident 19960703023699I: Bag JETSTM3201, Washington, DC, July 3, 1996 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: July 3, 1996, 09:45 local time - Place: Washington, DC - Airport: Dulles International - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Climb - 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: N471UE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N471UE-2005-02-28) (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: 21 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 5,900 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960703023699I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. NARRATIVE: THE CAPTAIN STATES IN HIS REPORT THAT TEN MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT THE FIRST OFFICER NOTICED A BURNING SMELL COMING FROM THE CABIN. THE CAPTAIN AND THE FIRST OFFICER LOOKED BACK AND DID NOT NOTICE ANYTHING UNUSUAL. APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE LATER, A PASSENGER TAPPED THE CAPTAIN ON THE SHOULDER AND POINTED UP AT THE CABIN LIGHTING ABOVE SEAT 2A. THERE WAS SMOKE AND A SMALL FLAME COMING FROM THE AREA ABOVE SEAT 2A. THE PROCEDURES IN THE QUICK REFERENCE HANDBOOK WERE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED. THE CAPTAIN PERFORMED A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE OVERHEAD ABOVE SEAT 2A. THERE WERE NO FLAMES OR SMOKE ANYMORE. THE AREA WAS NOT HOT OR WARM TO THE TOUCH. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE FLIGHT RETURNED TO IAD. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY AND THE PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED SAFELY AND UNHARMED. ON-SIGHT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT ONE OF THE LAMP CONNECTORS ON THE FLUORESCENT LAMP ABOVE SEAT 2A HAD APPARENTLY FAILED. THE HEADLINER MATERIAL ABOVE THE CONNECTOR SHOWED EVIDENCE OF A FIRE. FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE 95-22-01. IT WAS DETERMINED BY THE COLOR OF THE CONNECTOR (I.E. BLACK) THAT IT WA S MANUFACTURED BY S.E.L.A. LABORATORIES AVADIE (SELA). THE LIGHTING SYSTEM INSTALLED ON THE AIRCRAFT WAS MANUFACTURED BY AEROSPACE LIGHTING CORPORATION (ALC). AN INSPECTION OF THE REMAINING LAMP CONNECTORS ON THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT BOTH SELA AND ALC CONNECTORS WERE BEING STORED IN THE SAME BOX. THIS APPEARS TO BE THE RESULT OF SIMILAR PART NUMBERS FOR THE CONNECTOR (I.E., SELA P/N 3185-1A AND ALC P/N 31.85.1,A). ADDITIONALLY, THE AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER'S MAINTENANCE MANUAL AND WIRING MANUAL MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT BY NOT SPECIFYING THE INCOMPATIBILITY OF COMPONENTS OF THE TWO DIFFERENT MANUFACTURED SYSTEMS INSTALLED ON THEIR AIRCRAFT. ## Other reports on N471UE (4) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 19990708023139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990708023139I), Jul 8, 1999: Bag JETSTM3201 (N471UE), Rochester, NY. (-23) On Thursday, July 8, 1999, at 1615 EDT, a ba jetstream 3200, N471UE, flight 7324, operated by atlantic coast airlines, during landing at Rochester… - [Incident 19970729027409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970729027409I), Jul 29, 1997: Bag JETSTM3201 (N471UE), Albany, NY. Narrative: on climb out, the right engine started to rise at an uncontrollable rate. The right engine lost power shortly after the EGT started to rise. Pilot… - [Incident 19960205003329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960205003329I), Feb 5, 1996: Bag JETSTM3201 (N471UE), Albany, NY. Narrative: on approach to alb, pilot experienced unsafe right gear down indication. Pilot performed flyby for visual verification of gear down. Pilot performed… - [Incident 19940909035749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940909035749I), Sep 9, 1994: Bag JETSTM3201 (N471UE), Binghamton, NY. Right engine EGT climbing. Torque drop. Shut down. Diverted Binghamton. Turbine bearing failure. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.