# Incident 19990823026039I: Cndair CL6002B19, Orlando, FL, August 23, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 1999, 07:23 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Orlando International
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: COMA
- Location: 28.4294° N, 81.3090° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO INTL (MCO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.4294&lon=-81.3090&mi=10
- Aircraft: N946CA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CNDAIR CL6002B19
- People aboard: 44
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,200 total, 3,850 in this make and model, 215 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990823026039I

## Narrative

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

DURING TAXI TO GATE, COMAIR INC. FLIGHT 5189, TALLAHASSEE TO ORLANDO, THE EICAS "SMOKE CARGO" RED WARNING MESSAGE ILLUMINATED, WITH AURAL WARNING AND CHIMES. CREW EXECUTED QRH SMOKE CARGO PROCEDURE DISCHARGING HALON INTO THE CARGO AREA, BUT MESSAGE REMAINED. THE CAPTAIN ORDERED EVACUATION OF PASSENGERS TO THE TAXI-WAY. AIRPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUND NO SMOKE OR FIRE. AIRCRAFT TOWED TO COMAIR HANGAR. ALL PASSENGERS EXITED SAFELY VIA THE MAIN CABIN DOOR/STAIRS WITHOUT INJURY. THE PASSENGERS WERE TOLD BY THE CREW TO EXIT VIA THE MAIN CABIN DOOR. THE CAPTAIN EXPLAINED THERE WAS NO EMINENT DANGER AND THE MAIN EXIT TOOK THE PASSENGERS AWAY FROM THE BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT WITH THE LEAST LIKELIHOOD OF INJURY. IT TOOK APPROXIMATELY ONE AND A HALF MINUTES FOR THE FORTY-ONE PASSENGERS AND THREE CREW MEMBERS TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT. COMAIR MAINTENANCE INSPECTION THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND A MALFUNCTIONING SMOKE DETECTOR, WALTER KIDDE P/N 477052.

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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