# Incident 19970530017899I: Bag JETSTM3101, Los Angeles, CA, May 30, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1997, 20:11 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Los Angeles International
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: WTAA
- Location: 33.9425° N, 118.4080° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOS ANGELES INTL (LAX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9425&lon=-118.4080&mi=10
- Aircraft: N421UE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N421UE-2007-10-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: British Aerospace BAE JETSTREAM 3101 (registry code 1500216, https://openairdocs.org/model/british-aerospace-bae-jetstream-3101) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BAG JETSTM3101
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE33110U
- People aboard: 22
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,101 total, 4,183 in this make and model, 230 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970530017899I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MAY 30, 1997, AT APPROXIMATELY 2011 PDT, A JETSTREAM 30101, N421UE, AND FLIGHT SDU 369 OPERATED BY WEST AIR COMMUTER AIRLINES DURING TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF ENCOUNTERED SMOKE IN THEIR CABIN. THE CONDITIONS WERE CLEAR AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT-HAND NUMBER ONE PROPELLER DOME SEAL FAILED, WHICH CREATED SMOKE WITHIN ITS CABIN. THERE WAS NO ACTUAL FIRE BUT THE FLIGHT CREW EVACUATED THE PASSENGERS, NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE PILOT DOES HOLD AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (LAX) AND WAS ON ITS WAY TO PALMDALE, CALIFORNIA (PMD). RECOMMENDATIONS: NONE, SEALS WERE CHANGED AT OVERHAUL TIME PRIOR TO IT'S FAILURE. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N421UE (1)

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

- [Incident 19961022038289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961022038289I), Oct 22, 1996: Bag JETSTM3101 (N421UE), Fresno, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: on 10-22-96 at approximately 0650 PDT, a british aerospace jetstream 3101 model aircraft, N421UE, flight 6761, a scheduled air carrier operated by…

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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