# Incident 19990330018529I: Bag JETSTM3201, Rochester, NY, March 30, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 1999, 10:54 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Greater Rochester Internationa
- Phase of flight: Climb
- 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: N490UE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N490UE-2007-07-05) (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 JETSTM3201
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990330018529I

## Narrative

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

(-5) ON 3/30/99 A BA-JETSTM-3201, N490UE, OPERATED BY ATLANTIC COAST AVIATION, DEPARTED ROCHESTER AIRPORT (ROC) ENROUTE TO WASHINGTON-DULLES INT'L. (IAD). FIFTEEN MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF A CABIN DOOR WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO ROC. THE PASSENGERS GOT OFF AND WAITED IN THE TERMINAL. THE FLIGHT CREW CONTACTED FLIGHT DISPATCH IAD AND SPOKE TO MAINTENANCE. THE CABIN DOOR WAS CYCLED OPEN AND CLOSED AND THE LIGHT REMAINED OUT. THE CABIN DOOR WAS WRITTEN UP AND DEFERRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR MEL. PASSENGERS WERE THEN BOARDED BACK ON THE AIRCRAFT AND THE FLIGHT CONTINUED TO IAD. AT IAD MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL INSPECTED AND OPERATIONS CHECKED GOOD. MAINTENANCE CLEARED THE DEFERRED ITEM AND RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N490UE (1)

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

- [Incident 19951214045169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951214045169I), Dec 14, 1995: Bag JETSTM3101 (N490UE), Middletown, PA, Minor damage. Narrative: maintenance control requested an engine runup to determine the cause of an inflight rollback. During the runup, the aircraft slid into the powercart…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.