# Incident 19980731023079I: Cndair CL6002B19, Pittsburgh, PA, July 31, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 1998, 22:10 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Greater Pittsburgh International
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: COMA
- 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: N918CA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N918CA-2011-03-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Canadair CL-600-2B19 (registry code 1900309, https://openairdocs.org/model/canadair-cl-600-2b19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CNDAIR CL6002B19
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980731023079I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE IN CABIN. RETURNED. EVACUATED ON RUNWAY. PUT OUT FIRE IN LAVATORY FROM CARELESS SMOKER.

## Other reports on N918CA (1)

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

- [Incident 19990908027199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990908027199I), Sep 8, 1999: Cndair CL6002B19 (N918CA), Kansas City, MO. (-23) On September 8, 1999, comair, Canadair CL-600-2B19, N918CA, departed Kansas City International Airport (mci), and returned to mci, because nose gear…

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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