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Incident

FAA incident report · Bag JETSTM3201 · Middletown, PA · October 18, 1996

Date
October 18, 1996 · 15:47 local
Place
Middletown, PA
Airport
Harrisburg International Airport-Olmsted
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
VTZA
Aircraft
N477UE
Reported as
Bag JETSTM3201
Reported engine
Garrett TPE3312
People aboard
16
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,200 total2,500 in this make and model170 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on October 18, 1996, at 1547 hours. A british aerospace, model number BA-jetstream-31, registration number N477UE, registered to first security bank na, on a revenue flight, diverted to Harrisburg international airport (MDT) while enroute to Washington, DC (iad) from rochester, NY (roc). A successful emergency landing was made at MDT after losing power in the right hand engine during flight. The passengers deboarded the aircraft at MDT with no further incident. The aircraft received no damage, and there were no injuries to passengers or crew. An atlantic coast airline mechanic was sent to MDT. He found that the turbine temperature limiting system (ttl) was fluctuating. The system was turned off, and the aircraft was tested at full power with no further fluctuation. The aircraft was ferried to iad where the ttl system by-pass filter was replaced. The aircraft was tested and returned to service on October 20, 1996. Submission of this report closes this incident.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON OCTOBER 18, 1996, AT 1547 HOURS. A BRITISH AEROSPACE, MODEL NUMBER BA-JETSTREAM-31, REGISTRATION NUMBER N477UE, REGISTERED TO FIRST SECURITY BANK NA, ON A REVENUE FLIGHT, DIVERTED TO HARRISBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (MDT) WHILE ENROUTE TO WASHINGTON, DC (IAD) FROM ROCHESTER, NY (ROC). A SUCCESSFUL EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE AT MDT AFTER LOSING POWER IN THE RIGHT HAND ENGINE DURING FLIGHT. THE PASSENGERS DEBOARDED THE AIRCRAFT AT MDT WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED NO DAMAGE, AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO PASSENGERS OR CREW. AN ATLANTIC COAST AIRLINE MECHANIC WAS SENT TO MDT. HE FOUND THAT THE TURBINE TEMPERATURE LIMITING SYSTEM (TTL) WAS FLUCTUATING. THE SYSTEM WAS TURNED OFF, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TESTED AT FULL POWER WITH NO FURTHER FLUCTUATION. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO IAD WHERE THE TTL SYSTEM BY-PASS FILTER WAS REPLACED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TESTED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE ON OCTOBER 20, 1996. SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.

Other reports on N477UE · 1

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