# Incident 19990528014369I: Cndair CL6002B19, Chicago/Aurora, IL, May 28, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 1999, 10:10 local time
- Place: Chicago/Aurora, IL
- Airport: Aurora Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: VTZA
- Location: 41.7719° N, 88.4757° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AURORA MUNI (ARR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7719&lon=-88.4757&mi=10
- Aircraft: N621BR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CNDAIR CL6002B19
- Reported engine: GE CF343B1
- People aboard: 40
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,535 total, 413 in this make and model, 129 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990528014369I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 28, 1999, N621BR, A CANADAIR MODEL CL-600-2B 19 AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A JOLT/TURBULANCE LIKE VIBRATION DURING CLIMB OUT, FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER ONE AND FOLLOWED BY A SMOKE CARGO EICAS MESSAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS EN-ROUTE FROM ORD TO SGF AS ATLANTIC COAST AIRLINES' (UNITED EXPRESS) FLIGHT 7835.  THE PILOT FOLLOWED PROCEDURES, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND STARTED A RETURN TO ORD.  WHILE EN-ROUTE TO ORD, THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO EXPERIENCE RUDDER VIBRATIONS.  AFTER DESCENDING TO 11,000 FEET, AND TAKING THE AUTO PILOT OFF, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN LEFT WING DOWN.  THE PILOT DECIDED TO LAND A ARR.  WHEN ADDING POWER TO LEVEL OFF IN THE DOWNWIND, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED MORE RUDDER VIBRATIONS AND SLIGHT ROLL TYPE FEELING IN THE AILERONS.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT FOLLOWED BY AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE CARGO COMPARTMENT AND FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF SMOKE OR FIRE. THE SMOKE DETECTION SYSTEM WAS INSPECTED WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED.  MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE EXPENDED CARGO COMPARTMENT FIRE EXTINGUISHER BOTTLES.                                                                                                                                                   MAINTENANCE ALSO INSPECTED THE RUDDER CONTROL SYSTEM AND FOUND NO DISCREPANCIES.  THE FLIGHT DATA RECORDER WAS DOWNLOADED AND ANALYZED.  THERE WERE NO ABNORMAL INDICATIONS.

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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