British Aerospace JETSTREAM 3101 incident near Milwaukee, Wisconsin, January 21, 2000
On January 21, 2000 at about 11:58 am local time, a British Aerospace JETSTREAM 3101, registered N842JS, was involved in an incident near Milwaukee, Wisconsin (General Mitchell Internat airport). It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under scheduled airline rules (Part 121). No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
the hold-short clearance not being followed by the flightcrew, which resulted in a near collision with the departing Boeing 727-200.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- January 21, 2000 · about 11:58 am local time
- Place
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin · General Mitchell Internat
- Type
- Incident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- British Aerospace JETSTREAM 3101 JETSTREAM
- Registration
- N842JS · no longer on the register · serial 753
- Damage
- Not recorded
- Flight
- Flight of an unrecorded kind · scheduled airline rules (Part 121)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
After receiving a taxi clearance, which included holding short of runway 1L, the crew of Chataqua Flight 4376 proceeded to taxi across runway 1L, without clearance, resulting in a near collision with a departing Sun Country Boeing 727-200. The First Officer of Chataqua Flight 4376 reported that he was handling radio communications and had received the taxi clearance, which included the hold-short limitation, and read-back the clearance to ground control. According to the captain, contributing factors to the incident were crew fatigue, the cold temperature of the cockpit, and the windows being obscured with de-icing fluid.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: airline transport pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 2,636 hours in all; 150 in this make and model; 130 in the last 90 days; 50 in the last 30 days; 2,500 as pilot in command
- Medical certificate: Class 1 (valid medical--no waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 24,587 hours
- Last inspection: approved inspection programme, December 28, 1999
- Maximum gross weight: 15,212 lb
- Seats: 21
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: Garrett TPE331-10-UGR (turboprop); 0 hours total
- Operator: Chataqua Airlines, INC.
The flight
- Departed from: MKE
- Destination: IND Indianapolis IN
- Flight plan: IFR
- Runway 1L, 9,690 ft by 200 ft
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Light: dawn
- Wind: from 300° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 32°F (0°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observation at 10:56 am from MKE
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 2 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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