# Incident 19980402010229I: Bag JETSTM3201, Newport News, VA, April 2, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 1998, 23:00 local time
- Place: Newport News, VA
- Airport: Williamsburg International Airport
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: VTZA
- Location: 36.9788° N, 76.4280° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newport News, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9788&lon=-76.4280&mi=10
- Aircraft: N497UE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N497UE-2013-09-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: British Aerospace BAE JETSTREAM 3201 (registry code 1500217, https://openairdocs.org/model/british-aerospace-bae-jetstream-3201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BAG JETSTM3201
- People aboard: 11
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980402010229I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON APRIL 2, 1998, AT 2300 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, N497UE, A BRITISH AEROSPACE JETSTREAM 3201, OPERATED BY ATLANTIC COAST AIRLINES OF STERLING, VIRGINIA, AS UNITED EXPRESS FLIGHT 6244, WAS EVACUATED ON THE TAXIWAY DUE TO SMOKE COMING FROM THE LEFT ENGINE. THE CERTIFICATED AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT, CO-PILOT, AND NINE PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 121. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT DULLES, VIRGINIA, AND THE DESTINATION WAS NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, ON LANDING ROLLOUT AT NEWPORT NEWS, THE TOWER INFORMED THEM THAT SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE LEFT ENGINE. HE SAID THAT HE CONFIRMED THE SMOKE VISUALLY, STOPPED THE AIRPLANE, AND PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION ON THE TAXIWAY. THE PASSENGERS WERE EVACUATED THROUGH THE RIGHT OVERWING EXIT, AND BUSED TO THE TERMINAL. HE SAID THAT THE TWO LEFT FIRE BOTTLES WERE DISCHARGED IN TO THE ENGINE. ACCORDING TO THE DIRECTOR OF QUALITY CONTROL, THE LEFT ENGINE WAS INSPECTED, AND TEST RUN AFTER THE INCIDENT, AND NO ABNORMALITIES WERE NOTED.

## Other reports on N497UE (2)

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

- [Incident 20001221024179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001221024179I), Dec 21, 2000: Bag JETSTM3201 (N497UE), Pittsburgh, PA. (-23) At Pittsburgh airport on December 21, 2000, at 0733 EST (1233Z), united express flight 308, registered as N497UE returned from flight to land on runway…
- [Incident 19950204015729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950204015729I), Feb 4, 1995: Bag JETSTM3201 (N497UE), Newburgh, NY, Minor damage. Narrative: shortly after commencing his taxi BLR6585 (blue ridge) advised the tower he would be stopping because he thought he may have hit something with his…

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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