# Incident 19991121031879I: Emb EMB145ER, Newark, NJ, November 21, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 1999, 16:38 local time
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Airport: Newark International
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: C2XA
- Location: 40.7242° N, 74.1726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newark, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7242&lon=-74.1726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14947, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14947-2018-11-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-145EP (registry code 3260221, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-145ep) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce AE3007 series (registry code 54582, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-ae3007-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB145ER
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991121031879I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOV. 21, 1999 AT APPROX. 1638 HRS. LOCAL TIME FLIGHT 4023 WAS TAXIING TO THE ACTIVE RUNWAY WHEN THE CREW REPORTED "SMOKE FILLED CABIN AND COCKPIT" AIRCRAFT WAS STOPPED ON TAXIWAY AND PAX WERE EVACUATED. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.  IT ALSO WAS REPORTED (LOGPAGE 596875) THAT "SPARKS AND HOT METAL" WERE OBSERVED COMING OUT OF THE APU EXHAUST.  MAINTENANCE FOUND A APU FAILURE AND PLACED THE APU ON MEL WITH SCHEDULED REPLACEMENT FOR THE NOV. 23, 1999.  IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE PREVIOUS FLIGHT 4143 THE CREW REPORTED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT WHEN THE #1 PAC WAS TURNED ON.  THE #1 PAC WAS TURNED ON.  THE #1 WAS PLACED ON AN MEL.

## Other reports on N14947 (1)

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

- [Incident 20061025022749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061025022749I), Oct 25, 2006: Emb EMB145EP (N14947), Houston, TX, Minor damage. (-23) Tires in positions 1 and 2 blew out the sidewalls after aircraft N14947 turned off the runway on the high speed taxiway. The aircraft was stopped and…

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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