# Incident 20010924028399I: Jetair JETSTM4101, Richmond, VA, September 24, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 2001, 17:38 local time
- Place: Richmond, VA
- Airport: Richmond International - Byrd Field
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: RAIA
- Location: 37.5538° N, 77.4603° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Richmond, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5538&lon=-77.4603&mi=10
- Aircraft: N554HK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N554HK-2008-10-09) (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
- People aboard: 14
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,400 total, 1,150 in this make and model, 210 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010924028399I

## Narrative

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

(-23) 1738 EST, TRANS STATES AIRLINES, D/B/A. US AIRWAYS EXPRESS FLIGHT 5403, RETURNED TO THE RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 16 AFTER REPORTING SMOKE IN THE CABIN SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. AIRCRAFT RESCUE AND FIRE FIGHTING RESPONDED. THE CAPTAIN INITIATED AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION ON TAXIWAY CHARLIE DUE TO THE SMOKE IN THE CABIN AND A POTENTIAL FIRE. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT DIRECTED THE PASSENGERS THROUGH THE MAIN ENTRY DOOR FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND CONTROL. THERE WAS NO VISIBLE FIRE, AND NO DEFECTS REPORTED WITH THE THER EMERGENCY EXITS WITHIN THE AIRCRAFT. THE ESTIMATED EVACUATION TIME WAS APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PASSENGERS OR CREW DURING THE EVACUATION. ONCE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT NO FIRE EXISTED, THE CREW REPOSITIONED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE AIRLINE TERMINAL RAMP. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND DETERMINED THAT THE LEFT AIR CYCLE MACHINE TURBINE OVERHEATED AND FAILED. THEY ALSO FOUND A SHORT BETWEEN TWO WIRES AT CONNECTOR 1HA3P LEADING TO THE LEFT AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM OVERTEMPERATURE SWITCH. THIS PREVENTED A SYSTEM OVERTEMP FROM BEING SENSED, AND AN AUTOMATIC SHUTDOWN OF THE LEFT AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM. THE LEFT AIR CYCLY MACHINE, THE LEFT SYSTEM OVERTEMPERATURE SWITCH CONNECTOR, AND THE LEFT HEAT EXCHANGER HAVE BEEN REPLACED.

## Other reports on N554HK (3)

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

- [Incident 20000312001669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000312001669I), Mar 12, 2000: Jetair JETSTM4101 (N554HK), Rochester, NY. (-23) On Sunday, March 12, 2000 at 1510 local, a trans states airlines, d/b/a delta connection, jetstream 4101, N554HK, returned to land on runway 4 at the…
- [Incident 19991215035609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991215035609I), Dec 15, 1999: Jetair JETSTM4101 (N554HK), Rochester, NY. (-23) On Wednesday, December 15, 1999 at 1752 local, a trans states airlines (d/b/a delta connection), jetstream 4101, N554HK landed on runway 22 at Rochester…
- [Incident 19991018028899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991018028899I), Oct 18, 1999: Jetair JETSTM4101 (N554HK), Rochester, NY. (-23) On October 18, 1999 N554HK, jetstream 4101, operated be trans states airlines, inc., declared an emergency and landed at Rochester international airport…

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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