British Aerospace BAE JETSTREAM 3201 incident near Lexington, Kentucky, June 9, 2000
On June 9, 2000 at about 6:00 pm local time, a British Aerospace BAE JETSTREAM 3201, registered N914AE, suffered minor damage in an incident near Lexington, Kentucky (Blue Grass Airport). It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under scheduled airline rules (Part 121). No one was hurt; 13 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
A misalignment between the bull gear and high speed pinion gearshaft, which resulted in fatigue and a subsequent failure of the bull gear.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- June 9, 2000 · about 6:00 pm local time
- Place
- Lexington, Kentucky · Blue Grass Airport · map
- Type
- Incident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 13 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- British Aerospace BAE JETSTREAM 3201 BAE JETSTR
- Registration
- N914AE · no longer on the register · serial 914
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Flight of an unrecorded kind · scheduled airline rules (Part 121)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
While on approach to airport, the flightcrew experienced a total failure of the left engine, followed by a fire in the left engine. The flightcrew secured the engine, extinguished the fire, and made and uneventful landing. Review of the failed engine revealed that the bull gear had separated into several pieced. Metallurgical examination of the bull gear teeth root revealed beachmarks, consistent with fatigue. Further examination revealed non-uniform wear of the bull gear teeth and high speed pinion gearshaft teeth. The non-uniform wear was consistent of a misalignment between the bull gear and high speed pinion shaft.
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; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 5,000 hours in all; 1,000 in this make and model; 290 in the last 90 days; 85 in the last 30 days; 3,000 as pilot in command; 650 on instruments
- Medical certificate: Class 1 (valid medical--no waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 13,171 hours
- Last inspection: continuous airworthiness programme, June 2, 2000; 11 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 16,204 lb
- Seats: 21
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: Honeywell TPE33112UHR (turboprop); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: CLT Charlotte NC at 4:30 pm
- Destination: LEX
- Flight plan: IFR
- Runway 22, 7,003 ft by 150 ft
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 220° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 88°F (31°C), dew point 59°F (15°C)
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observation at 5:54 pm from LEX
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 2 | |||
| Passengers | 11 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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