# Incident 19980315045239I: Bag JETSTM3101, Roanoke, VA, March 15, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 1998, 09:45 local time
- Place: Roanoke, VA
- Airport: Roanoke Regional/Woodrum Field
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: VTZA
- Location: 37.2710° N, 79.9414° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roanoke, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2710&lon=-79.9414&mi=10
- Aircraft: N483UE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N483UE-2005-01-20) (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 JETSTM3101
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total, 1,900 in this make and model, 138 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980315045239I

## Narrative

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

WHILE IN POSITION FOR TAKEOFF THE PILOT NOTICED BLACK SMOKE POURING UP FROM BEHIND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL OF THE POINT NEAR THE CENTER WINDSHIELD. IMMEDIATELY, THE TOWER WAS NOTIFIED AND ALL FOUR PASSENGERS WERE PRECAUTIONARY DEPLANED THROUGH THE MAIN ENTRANCE DOOR WITH NO INJURIES. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N483UE (2)

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

- [Incident 20000202002499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000202002499I), Feb 2, 2000: Bag JETSTM3201 (N483UE), Rochester, NY, Minor damage. On Wednesday, February 2, 2000 at approximately 1000, an atlantic coast airlines d/b/a united express. Bae jetstream 3201, N483UE, landed on runway 28 at the…
- [Incident 19931226052369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931226052369I), Dec 26, 1993: Bag JETSTM3201 (N483UE), Albany, NY. Gear extension appeared low. Made go around and down light came on. No defect found. Did not enter in flight log.

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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