# Incident 19981029041329I: Bag JETSTM3201, Springfield, IL, October 29, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 1998, 09:46 local time
- Place: Springfield, IL
- Airport: Capital Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: RAIA
- Location: 39.8017° N, 89.6437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springfield, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8017&lon=-89.6437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N431AM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N431AM-2005-11-02) (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
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE33112UHR
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,993 total, 211 in this make and model, 211 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981029041329I

## Narrative

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

(-5)ON OCTOBER 29, 1998, WHILE ON REVENUE FLIGHT NUMBER 7325 FROM BLOOMINGTON, IL, (BMI) TO ST. LOUIS, MO, (STL), AT APPROXIAMTELY 0935 CST, SMOKE WAS NOTICED IN THE COCKPIT IN THE AREA OF THE RIGHT PROPELLER AMMETER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY TEN (10) MILES OUT OF SPRINGFIELD, IL, (SPI).  THE CAPTAIN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND A UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE AT SPI.  AFTER LANDING, 17 PASSENGERS AND A CREW OF TWO WERE DEPLANED AT THE TERMINAL WITH NO INJURIES.  THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THE REPORT.

## Other reports on N431AM (1)

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

- [Incident 19910925047799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910925047799I), Sep 25, 1991: Bag JETSTM3201 (N431AM), St Louis, MO, Minor damage. Right wingtip struck wingtip of a parked aircraft while being directed to gate by a ramp guide.

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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