# Incident 20001218030909I: Bac AVRO146RJ85A, Minneapolis, MN, December 18, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 2000, 18:12 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Minneapolis-St Paul International-Wold
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MALA
- Location: 44.9800° N, 93.2638° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Minneapolis, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9800&lon=-93.2638&mi=10
- Aircraft: N525XJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N525XJ-2007-06-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: British Aerospace AVRO 146-RJ85A (registry code 1500097, https://openairdocs.org/model/british-aerospace-avro-146-rj85a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Alliedsign LF507-1F (registry code 02503, https://openairdocs.org/engine/alliedsign-lf507-1f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BAC AVRO146RJ85A
- People aboard: 51
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,500 total, 2,700 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001218030909I

## Narrative

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

(-23)10 MINUTES OUT AFTER TAKEOFF THE AFT CABIN FLIGHT ATTENDENT OBSERVED AN AFT LAVATORY ORAL AND SMOKE WARNING LIGHT ON. THE FLIGHT ATTENDENT REPORTED THE WARNING TO THE LEAD FLIGHT ATTENDENT WHO REPORTED A FIRE TO THE FLIGHT CREW. AN INFLIGHT FIRE WAS REPORTED TO ATC AND THE A/C RETURNED TO MINNEAPOLIS UNEVENTFUL. THE FLIGHT ATTENDENT OPENED THE AFT LAVATORY DOOR AND OBSERVED A RIPPLING SMOKE COMING FROM THE WASTE RECEPTACLE AND POURED A POT OF COFFEE IN THE WASTE RECEPTACLE TO EXTINGUISH ANY POSSIBLE SOURCE, SHE ALSO STATED THE SMOKE HAD AN ELECTRICAL SMELL. INSPECTION OF THE CONTENTS DID NOT REVEAL ANY EVIDENCE OF A POSSIBLE FIRE OR SMOLDERING PAPER. THE CONTENTS OF THE CONTAINER CONSISTED OF ONLY THREE PAPER TOWELS. CHICAGO NTSB WAS CONTACTED TO DISCUSS INFORMATION AND THE A/C WAS RELEASED. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE SURROUNDING AREA OF WASTE RECEPTACLE FOR POSSIBLE DISCREPANCIES AND RETESTED THE SMOKE ALARM WARNING SYSTEM, ALONG WITH INSPECTING THE FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM. THE SOURCE OF THE SMOKE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED AND THE A/C WAS RELEASED.

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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