# Incident 20010124002589I: Cndair CL6002B19, Richmond, VA, January 24, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 2001, 15:48 local time
- Place: Richmond, VA
- Airport: Richmond International - Byrd Field
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ASOA
- Location: 37.5538° N, 77.4603° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Richmond, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5538&lon=-77.4603&mi=10
- Aircraft: N839AS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N839AS-2017-06-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bombardier CL-600-2B19 (registry code 1390008, https://openairdocs.org/model/bombardier-cl-600-2b19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF34 series (registry code 30015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CNDAIR CL6002B19
- People aboard: 46
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010124002589I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 01/24/01, AT 1548 EST, DELTA EXPRESS (ATLANTIC SOUTHEAST AIRLINES) FLIGHT #4447, A CRJ-65, ENROUTE FROM WHITE PLAINS , NY(HPN) TO ATLANTA (ATL), DIVERTED TO RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (RIC) AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 16 DUE TO AN ILLUMINATED MASTER CAUTION LIGHT FOR SMOKE IN THE CARGO COMPARTMENT. THE CREW DISCHARGED THE NORMAL AND THEN THE STANDBY HALON FIRE BOTTLE DURING FLIGHT. AFTER LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT EXITED RUNWAY 16 ONTO INACTIVE RUNWAY 25, WHERE UPON THE CAPTAIN ELECTED TO CONDUCT AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION WITH THE PASSENGERS AND CREW EXITING THROUGH THE MAIN CABIN DOOR, UTILIZING THE AIRCRAFT AIRSTAIRS. THE CAPTAIN CHOSE THE FORWARD MAIN DOOR EXIT TO KEEP THE PASSENGERS AS FAR AWAY AS POSSIBLE FROM THE CARGO COMPARTMENT. THE ESTIMATED TOTAL TIME IT TOOK TO EVACUATE THE AIRCRAFT WAS ONE MINUTE. CONTRACT PERSONNEL INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND THE CARGO COMPARTMENT RECIRCULATING FAN HAD OVERHEATED AND FAILED. NO DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO THE CARGO COMPARTMENT OR TO THE AIRCRAFT ITSELF. AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO ATLANTA, COMPANY MAINTENANCE FOUND NO PROBLEM WITH THE RECIRCULATING FAN. MAINTENANCE COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE, THE SMOKE        DETECTOR WAS REPLACED.

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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