# Incident 19970801025479I: Bag JETSTM3201, Washington Dc, August 1, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 1997, 08:29 local time
- Place: Washington Dc
- Airport: Washington Dulles International Rwy 19r
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: VTZA
- Aircraft: N488UE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BAG JETSTM3201
- People aboard: 19
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,960 total, 163 in this make and model, 163 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970801025479I

## Narrative

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

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

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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