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Metro Express British Aerospace BAE 3101 JETSTREAM BAE 3101 J incident

11 Feb 1985 · Macon, GA, United States

British Aerospace BAE 3101 JETSTREAM BAE 3101 J · Incident: total loss of engine power (non-mechanical) en route

From Southwest Georgia Regional Airport (ABY) to Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)

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Event

NTSB case
ATL85IA096
Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
Incident
InvestigationHow far the investigation had got when the record was published: preliminary, ongoing, final or completed. Unknown where the source does not say. Glossary
Completed
API-reported fatalities
0 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
0
OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
Charter & commuter
WeatherVisual meteorological conditions (VMC): good enough to fly by looking outside. Instrument conditions (IMC): cloud or low visibility, flying by instruments. Glossary
Instrument Meteorological Cond

British Aerospace BAE 3101 JETSTREAM BAE 3101 J

Category
Airplane
RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
N401MX
Onboard fatalities
Unknown
Route
From Southwest Georgia Regional Airport (ABY), Albany, GATo Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), Atlanta, GA
Aircraft age
Not recorded
Flight rulesThe regulations the flight operated under: in the US, Part 91 (general aviation), Part 121 (airlines), Part 135 (air taxi and commuter) and others; for flights abroad, the NTSB's coarser commercial or non-commercial code. Glossary
Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter
Phase of flightThe stage of the flight when things started to go wrong: standing, taxi, takeoff, initial climb, en route, maneuvering, approach or landing. Glossary
En route · holding (IFR)
First occurrenceThe single coded event the NTSB judges best describes what happened (records from 2008 on). Older records name the first occurrence in the sequence instead. Glossary
Total loss of engine power (non-mechanical)
DamageDestroyed: beyond practical repair. Substantial: damage that affects the structure, performance or handling and normally needs major repair. Minor: less than that. Glossary
None

Cause areas

  • Ignition system, ignition coil › Not engaged
  • Manufacturer › Anti-ice/deice system, inadequate
  • Weather condition › Icing conditions

Approximate · Coordinates as recorded by the NTSB; no uncertainty radius is established.

NTSB narrative

ACFT WAS BEING SLOWED TO HOLDING SPEED IN ICING CONDITIONS. CREW HEARD SOUND OF ICE STRIKING LEFT SIDE OF FUSELAGE FOLLOWED BY SPOOL DOWN OF LEFT ENGINE. THEN SAME OCCURRED ON THE RIGHT SIDE. DUAL AIRSTART SUCCESSFUL. CREW ELECTED TO MAKE PRECAUTIONARY LDG. SYSTEM CHECKED GOOD. CONTINUOUS IGN. HAD NOT BEEN SELECTED PRIOR TO FLAMEOUTS.

Verbatim NTSB analysis from the NTSB dataset

Sources

NTSB record ATL85IA096
Event ID
20001214X35626
Case number
ATL85IA096
Dataset
historical-pre2008
Source SHA-256
89e2df6d848e7ab3b42e7d7c7a03ff403303057a26ca04c95b3ea67201c3ce74
Source notes (4)
  • Unreviewed is an editorial label, not an investigation status. API-sourced is not report-checked or human-reviewed. Explicit event totals are used without summing aircraft injury tables; onboard allocation is withheld. Unknown values remain unknown. The operation category is mapped from the NTSB-reported FAR part and has not been reviewed.
  • Filled from the NTSB case API where the bulk record had no value: local date, investigation status, damage. Values present in the bulk record are kept.
  • The date is the local date; the NTSB stores the UTC date 1985-02-12.
  • API snapshot SHA-256: 4b7b8e08366b47289e6466a1b47abc18634f756d8f414f1ee326e3289ca4f653; retrieved 2026-09-18T20:30:58.953Z.