# Accident 20000521041989A: Bag JETSTM3101, Bear Creek, PA, May 21, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 2000, 11:28 local time
- Place: Bear Creek, PA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ECAA
- Location: 41.1539° N, 75.7589° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1539&lon=-75.7589&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16EJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16EJ-2000-11-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: British Aerospace BAE JETSTREAM 3101 (registry code 1500216, https://openairdocs.org/model/british-aerospace-bae-jetstream-3101) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BAG JETSTM3101
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE331*
- People aboard: 19
- Fatal injuries: 19
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 4,400 in this make and model, 205 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA00MA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA00MA052) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000521041989A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE CREW HAD INITIATED A MISSED APPROACH FOR THE ILS RUNWAY 4, AND WERE BEING VECTORED FOR THE ILS COURSE AGAIN WHEN THE CREW ADVISED ATC THAT THEY HAD LOST BOTH ENGINES. LATER THEY REPORTED THAT THEY HAD THE LEFT ENGINE RUNNING AGAIN. THE LAST TRANSMISSION RECEIVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT WAS THAT THEY WERE LOSING BOTH ENGINES. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED AND WAS DESTROYED BY IMPACT AND POST-IMPACT FIRE. THE NTSB INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. THE CVR DID NOT FUNCTION ON THE ACCIDENT FLIGHT. AFS-620 ADDITIONAL COMMENT: AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THE OPERATOR NAME WAS EAST COAST AVIATION SERVICES. THE OPERATOR NAME WAS NOT CHANGED TO PARTNER AVIATION ENTERPRISES UNTIL 2003.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DCA00MA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA00MA052), May 21, 2000: British Aerospace J-3101 (N16EJ), Bear Creek Town, PA, destroyed, 19 fatal. Probable cause: The flight crew’s failure to ensure an adequate fuel supply for the flight, which led to the stoppage of the right engine due to fuel exhaustion and the intermittent stoppage of the left engine due…

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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