# Incident 20000217002859I: Bag JETSTM3201, Buffalo, NY, February 17, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 2000, 17:44 local time
- Place: Buffalo, NY
- Airport: Greater Buffalo International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: VTZA
- Location: 42.8864° N, 78.8784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buffalo, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8864&lon=-78.8784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N477UE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N477UE-2014-11-25) (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: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000217002859I

## Narrative

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

ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2000, AT 1744 LOCAL, AN ATLANTIC COAST AIRLINES, D/B/A UNITED EXPRESS, A BAE JETSTREAM 3201, N477UE, REPORTED AN UNSAFE NOSE GEAR LIGHT INBOUND TO RUNWAY 5 AT BUF. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT INCIDENT.  MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND REPLACED THE NLG DOWN LOCK MICROSWITCH.  THEY PREFORMED A GEAR SWING AND RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE.  THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N477UE (1)

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

- [Incident 19961018036449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961018036449I), Oct 18, 1996: Bag JETSTM3201 (N477UE), Middletown, PA. Narrative: on October 18, 1996, at 1547 hours. A british aerospace, model number BA-jetstream-31, registration number N477UE, registered to first security bank…

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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