# Incident 19980115002619I: Bag JETSTM3201, Evansville, IN, January 15, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 1998, 16:03 local time
- Place: Evansville, IN
- Airport: Evansville Dress Regional
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: RAIA
- Location: 37.9748° N, 87.5558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Evansville, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9748&lon=-87.5558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N423AM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BAG JETSTM3201
- People aboard: 14
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980115002619I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 01/15/98, AIRCRAFT BA-JETSTREAM 3201, N423AM UNDER TW EXPRESS FLIGHT 7416 INBOUND FROM STL TO EVV, DURING APPROACH THE PILOT ADVISED OF SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT ON SHORT FINAL. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 04 AT EVV WITHOUT INCIDENT. EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT WAS AT THE RUNWAY. MAINTENANCE FOUND THAT SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE F/O'S SKIRT PANEL SUBSIDED BY THE TIME THE AIRCRAFT LANDED. BURNED DIODES FOUND ON CONVERTER PANEL. PART NUMBER 13730388KV2D (LT52A), PANEL WAS REPLACED. AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED AND RELEASED TO SERVICE.

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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