# Incident 19961018036449I: Bag JETSTM3201, Middletown, PA, October 18, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 1996, 15:47 local time
- Place: Middletown, PA
- Airport: Harrisburg International Airport-Olmsted
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: VTZA
- Location: 40.2009° N, 76.7292° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Middletown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2009&lon=-76.7292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N477UE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N477UE-2014-11-25) (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
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE3312
- People aboard: 16
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,200 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 170 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961018036449I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 20000217002859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000217002859I), Feb 17, 2000: Bag JETSTM3201 (N477UE), Buffalo, NY. On Thursday, February 17, 2000, at 1744 local, an atlantic coast airlines, d/b/a united express, a bae jetstream 3201, N477UE, reported an unsafe nose gear…

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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