# Incident 20000727030429I: Bag JETSTM3101, Pittsburgh, PA, July 27, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2000, 08:14 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Greater Pittsburgh International
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CHQA
- Location: 40.4406° N, 79.9959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburgh, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4406&lon=-79.9959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N842JS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BAG JETSTM3101
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE331*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,116 total, 1,466 in this make and model, 166 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000727030429I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON JULY 27, 2000 AT 0814 EDT, A JETSTREAM 31, N842JS OPERATED BY CHAUTAHQUA AIRLINES ABORTED TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY #28C AT PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FINDLAY TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA DUE TO FLUCTUATING TORQUE GAUGE. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT INCIDENT.  IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CONDITION LEVERS SLIPPED BACK DURING TAKEOFF BECAUSE TOO LITTLE FRICTION HAD BEEN APPLIED AND THAT WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FLUCTUATING TORQUE DURING TAKEOFF.  THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO MECHANICAL IRREGULARITIES.  THE POI FOR CHAUTAUQUA AIRLINES,^PRIVACY DATA^, THE DOP, ^PRIVACY DATA^, THE CP, ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ AT CHAUTAUQUA AIRLINES IN INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, WERE MADE AWARE OF THIS INCIDENT. SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.

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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