# Incident 20001204021319I: Bag JETSTM3101, Pittsburgh, PA, December 4, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 2000, 12:30 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Greater Pittsburgh International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- 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: N833JS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N833JS-2002-07-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: British Aerospace BAE JETSTREAM 3101 (registry code 1500216, https://openairdocs.org/model/british-aerospace-bae-jetstream-3101) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BAG JETSTM3101
- People aboard: 17
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,400 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001204021319I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 4, 2000, A JETSTREAM 3101, S/N 775 OPERATING AS CHQA FLIGHT 4311, AND REGISTERED AS 833JS RETURNED TO "PIT" AFTER REPORTING SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT/CABIN. THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED THAT ON CLIMBOUT AT 5500 TO 6000 FEET THAT THEY NOTED A GRAY HAZE WITH NO ODOR IN A/C. THEY DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO "PIT". FLIGHT CREW REPORTED NO OTHER WARNINGS AT THAT TIME. AFTER LANDING THE A/C TAXIED TO THE GATE AND DEPLANED ALL PERSONNEL. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED A/C AND ACCOMPLISHED AN ENGINE RUN AND FOUND NO PROBLEMS. DURING THE INSPECTION OF A/C BY FSDO INSPECTORS IT WAS NOTED THAT THE OV TEMP/AIR OFF WRN CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS POPPED. A/C WAS FERRIED TO "IND" FOR OTHER MAINTENANCE PROBLEMS AND FURTHER INSPECTIONS. INVESTIGAION WAS CONDUCTED ON SCENE AND BY DESK AUDIT AND CLOSED.

## Other reports on N833JS (2)

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

- [Incident 19980219004989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980219004989I), Feb 19, 1998: Bag JETSTM3101 (N833JS), Johnstown, PA, Minor damage. Narrative: aircraft struck an undetermined number of deer while landing on runway 33 at Johnstown, PA. The aircraft required no assistance and taxied to the…
- [Incident 19920409013639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920409013639I), Apr 9, 1992: Bag JETSTM3101 (N833JS), Indianapolis, IN, Minor damage. NR1 engine lost power in flight. Secured and landed. Fuel control unit had failed internally.

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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