# Incident 19980708029449I: Jetair JETSTM4101, Rochester, NY, July 8, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1998, 17:00 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Greater Rochester Internationa
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: VTZA
- Location: 43.1548° N, 77.6156° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rochester, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1548&lon=-77.6156&mi=10
- Aircraft: N318UE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N318UE-2008-03-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Jetstream JETSTREAM 4101 (registry code 1500501, https://openairdocs.org/model/jetstream-jetstream-4101) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JETAIR JETSTM4101
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980708029449I

## Narrative

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

ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1998, AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 EDT, A JETSTREAM 4101, N318UE, OPERATED BY ATLANTIC COAST AIRLINES, EXPERIENCED A FIRE WARNING LIGHT AND BELL ON THE RIGHT ENGINE DURING CLIMBOUT FROM ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ROCHESTER, NY, SHORTLY AFTER THE LANDING GEAR AND FLAPS WERE RETRACTED. AFTER ESTABLISHING A POSITIVE RATE, THE CREW DEPLOYED THE ENGINE FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE. THEY DECLARED AN IN FLIGHT EMERGENCY AND LANDED BACK AT ROCHESTER WITHOUT INCIDENT. INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THE JETPIPE BLANKET WAS RIPPED AND PARTS WERE MISSING. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^                                                                   THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N318UE (1)

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

- [Incident 20010529011539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010529011539I), May 29, 2001: Jetair JETSTM4101 (N318UE), Raleigh-Durham, NC. (-23)Port main inboard wheel tire assembly dislodged from the aircraft during takeoff. Witness [privacy data omitted], from piedmont hawthorne aviation…

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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