# Incident 19980707030599I: Bag BAE146200A, Rapid City, SD, July 7, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 1998, 20:05 local time
- Place: Rapid City, SD
- Airport: Rapid City Regional
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: A6WA
- Location: 44.0453° N, 103.0574° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RAPID CITY RGNL (RAP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0453&lon=-103.0574&mi=10
- Aircraft: N292UE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N292UE-2008-04-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: British Aerospace BAE 146 SERIES 200A (registry code 1500266, https://openairdocs.org/model/british-aerospace-bae-146-series-200a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming ALF-502 SER. series (registry code 41580, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-alf-502-ser-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BAG BAE146200A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980707030599I

## Narrative

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

FIRE DAMAGED SUITCASE WAS RECOVERED FROM CLASS D CARGO COMPARTMENT. FOLLOWING SCHEDULED FLIGHT. SUITCASE CONTAINED TIGHTLY-PACKED CLOTHING AND A 3 PEICE BABY MONITOR. TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER OF THE MONITOR WERE UNDAMAGED. AC ADAPTER WIRING WAS MELTED INTO CLOTHING. RAPID CITY FIRE DEPT. REPORT STATES FIRE SELF EXTINGUISHED. CREW WAS UNAWARE OF FIRE DURING FLIGHT. SOURCE OF FIRE IS UNDETERMINED. NO HEAT OUTLET WAS APPARENT DURING CARGO COMPARTMENT INSPECTION.

## Other reports on N292UE (2)

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

- [Incident 19990219015449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990219015449I), Feb 19, 1999: Bag BAE146200A (N292UE), Peoria, IL. (-5)At approximately 800 feet, on departure from runway 31, at Peoria Illinois airport (pia), February 19, 1999, air Wisconsin airlines d.b.a. united express,…
- [Incident 19900718056589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900718056589I), Jul 18, 1990: Bag BAE146100A (N292UE), Reno, NV, Minor damage. Tug rolled into aircraft when driver left tug in neutral. He got out with brakes set to help connect tow bar.

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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