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Incident

FAA incident report · Bag JETSTM3201 · Washington Dc · August 1, 1997

Date
August 1, 1997 · 08:29 local
Place
Washington Dc
Airport
Washington Dulles International Rwy 19r
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
VTZA
Aircraft
N488UE
Reported as
Bag JETSTM3201
People aboard
19
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,960 total163 in this make and model163 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.

Returned to airport due smoke in cockpit and cabin. Evacuated. Towed to ramp. No smoke. Defective warning light.

As the FAA filed it

RETURNED TO AIRPORT DUE SMOKE IN COCKPIT AND CABIN. EVACUATED. TOWED TO RAMP. NO SMOKE. DEFECTIVE WARNING LIGHT.