# Incident 20000609017679I: Bag JETSTM3201, Lexington, KY, June 9, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2000, 13:41 local time
- Place: Lexington, KY
- Airport: Blue Grass
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SABA
- Location: 38.0699° N, 84.5805° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0699&lon=-84.5805&mi=10
- Aircraft: N914AE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N914AE-2006-12-05) (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 TPE3312
- People aboard: 13
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 280 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC00IA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00IA159) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000609017679I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON JUNE 9, 2000, AT APPORXIMATELY 1341 EDT, A BRITISH AEROSPACE JETSTREAM 3201, N914AE, OPERATED BY CC AIR, DAB U.S. AIR EXPRESS UNDER THE CALL SIGN "CAROLINA 5224" MADE AN EMEGENCY LANDING DUE TO AN APPARENT ENGINE FAILURE AND ENGINE FIRE. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATING IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) WEATHER CONDITIONS ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN UNDER 14 CFR 121 FORM CHARLOTTE, NC.  THE PRELIMINARY INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT DAMAGE APPEARS TO BE CONTAINED TO THE NUMBER 1 (LEFT) ENGINE WHICH CONSISTED OF THE FOLLOWING:  ACCESSARY GEARBOX (CASE HOUSING), GEARBOX DRIVE GEARS (FRACTURED/FRAGMENTED PLANET AND SUN GEARS), STARTER-GENERATOR (DRIVE SHEARED), INLET STATOR VANES (DEEP GOUGES/GAULING), AND ENGINE COWLING (HEAT SCORING FROM FIRE).  THE RATED AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT/CAPTAIN; HIS FIRST OFFICER, AND (11) PAASENGERS WERE NOT INJURIED.  THE CAPTAIN STATED THE "WE WERE BEGINNING THE DESCENT FORM 11,000 FEET WHEN WE HEARD A LOUD NOISE WITH A LEFT YAW."  "SUBSEQUENTLY, THE FIRE WARNING SYSTEM ACTIVATED INDICATING AN ENGINE FIRE AT THE #1 ENGINE."  THE CREW EXECUTED THE APPROPRIATE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND SECURED THE #1 ENGINE WITH ONE FIRE BOTTLE APPLICATION.  THE CAPTAIN ALSO S TATED THAT SOME SMOKE ENTERED THE CABIN BRIEFLY, BUT DISSIPATED IMMEDIATELY UPON SECURING THE FAILED ENGINE. REVEIW OF MAINTENANCE RECORDS DID NOT REVEAL ANY PREVIOUS ABNORMALITIES WITH EITHER ENGINE OF AIRFRAME COMPONENTS.  WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS VFR, WINDS 210 DEGREES AT 7 KNOTS.

## 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 NYC00IA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00IA159), Jun 9, 2000: British Aerospace BAE Jetstream 3201 (N914AE), Lexington, KY, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: A misalignment between the bull gear and high speed pinion gearshaft, which resulted in fatigue and a subsequent failure of the bull gear.

## Other reports on N914AE (2)

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

- [Incident 19990408019359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990408019359I), Apr 8, 1999: Bag JETSTM3201 (N914AE), Kinston, NC, Minor damage. Aircraft N914AE, s/n 914, a BA-jetstm-3201 was on takeoff run at the Kinston regional airport located in Kinston, NC when they struck a deer at approximately…
- [Incident 19921112048939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921112048939I), Nov 12, 1992: Bag JETSTM3201 (N914AE), Lexington, KY. NR1 engine problem. Shut engine down. Landed safely at destination. Changed engine.

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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