# Incident 19990918028289I: Bag JETSTM3201, Rochester, NY, September 18, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 1999, 17:15 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Greater Rochester Internationa
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- 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: N491UE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N491UE-2006-08-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: British Aerospace JETSTREAM 3201 (registry code 1500219, https://openairdocs.org/model/british-aerospace-jetstream-3201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BAG JETSTM3201
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE331*
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990918028289I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1999, AT 1810 LOCAL TIME, ACA FLIGHT 7329 FROM ROC TO IAD ABORTED TAKEOFF DUE TO THE LEFT HAND ENGINE MAKING TWO LOUD BANGS AND CREATING A STRONG VIBRATION. THE CREW NOTED LOW TORQUE ON THE LEFT HAND ENGINE AND THE ENGINE APPEARED TO BE WINDMILLING.  THE LEFT HAND ENGINE RPM INCREASED AND THE CREW HEARD ONE MORE LOUD BANG WITH SMOKE COMING OUT THE TOP OF THE COWLING.  THE CREW SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN AND FIRED BOTH BOTH BOTTLES.  THE PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED AT TAXIWAY "D".  ARFF RESPONDED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT INCIDENT.  MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE.  PRELIMINARY INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE ENGINE SUFFERED AN INTERNAL FAILURE OF THE GEARBOX.  THE LEFT HAND ENGINE WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED.  FIRE BOTTLES AND SQUIBS WERE REPLACED.  THE OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS OK.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROVED FOR RETURN TO SERVICE.  THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N491UE (1)

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

- [Incident 19960308006639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960308006639I), Mar 8, 1996: Bag JETSTM3201 (N491UE), Syracuse, NY. Made no flap landing due inoperative flaps. Found loose wire to flap selector handle.

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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