# Incident 20001212037859I: Emb EMB135LR, Norfolk, VA, December 12, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 2000, 16:28 local time
- Place: Norfolk, VA
- Airport: Norfolk International
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SIMA
- Location: 36.8956° N, 76.1989° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORFOLK INTL (ORF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8956&lon=-76.1989&mi=10
- Aircraft: N713AE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N713AE-2015-02-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-135LR (registry code 3260305, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-135lr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB135LR
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001212037859I

## Narrative

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

(-23)WHILE TAXIING OUT FOR DEPARTURE, AT 1628 LT, THE COCKPIT AND CABIN FILLED UP WITH SMOKE. THE CAPTAIN STOPPED ON TAXIWAY "C", SHUT DOWN THE ENGINES AND ALL ELECTRICAL POWER, AND ORDERED AN EVACUATION THROUGH THE MAIN CABIN DOOR AND ASSOCIATED AIRSTAIRS.  ONE PASSENGER REQUIRED OXYGEN, BUT WAS SOON RELEASED.  THERE WERE NO OTHER INJURIES.  THERE WAS NO FIRE, AND THE SMOKE STOPPED AS SOON AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS SHUT DOWN.  LOCAL CONTRACT MAINTENANCE (PIEDMONT/HAWTHORNE AVIATION) DETERMINED THAT THE SMOKE HAD BEEN CAUSED BY OIL CONTAMINATED APU BLEED AIR DUCTS.  THE APU WAS DEFEERED INOPERATIVE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MEL.  A THOROUGH RUN OF BOTH ENGINES, WITH THE BLEEDS EXERCISED FULL RANGE, PRODUCED NO ADDITIONAL SMOKE, FUMES OR SMELLS.  THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE NEXT MORNING, ON A REVENUE FLIGHT, WITH NO FURTHER PROBLEMS BEING REPORTED.  AS REPORTED BY THE DFW CMO, COMPANY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL DETERMINED THAT THE SOURCE OF THE SMOKE WAS DEICING FLUID CONTAMINATION OF THE APU BLEED AIR SYSTEM, PROBABLY CAUSED BY THE SPRAYING OF DEICING FLUID DIRECTLY INTO THE APU INTAKE.

## Other reports on N713AE (1)

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

- [Incident 20060419009349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060419009349I), Apr 19, 2006: Emb EMB135LR (N713AE), Raleigh-Durham, NC. (-23) During take-off roll at rdu, the EGF646 crew noted smoke in the cabin and cockpit. The captain aborted take-off, exited runway 23R, and ordered an…

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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