# Incident 20000807024259I: Jetair JETSTM4101, Newark, NJ, August 7, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2000, 16:20 local time
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Airport: Newark International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: VTZA
- Location: 40.7242° N, 74.1726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newark, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7242&lon=-74.1726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N328UE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N328UE-2020-04-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Jetstream JETSTREAM 4101 (registry code 1500501, https://openairdocs.org/model/jetstream-jetstream-4101) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JETAIR JETSTM4101
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000807024259I

## Narrative

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

(-23)WHILE GROUND POWER UNIT (GPU) WAS HOOKED UP TO THE AIRCRAFT A FIRE OCCURRED BEHIND THE GPU RECEPTACLE. FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED USING A SHIRT AND FIRE EXTINGUISHER. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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