# Incident 20010619013479I: Boeing 737401, Charlotte, NC, June 19, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 2001, 08:47 local time
- Place: Charlotte, NC
- Airport: Charlotte-Douglas International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 35.2132° N, 80.9514° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHARLOTTE/DOUGLAS INTL (CLT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2132&lon=-80.9514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N405US (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737401
- Reported engine: GE CFM56*
- People aboard: 61
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,400 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010619013479I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N405US, INBOUND TO CHARLOTTE/DOUGLAS AIRPORT (CLT) EXPERIENCED AND ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WHEN THE NUMBER 1 TRANSFER BUS CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED. THIS RESULTED IN THE LOSS OF INSTRUMENTATION ON THE CAPTAIN'S SIDE.  THE FIRST OFFICER ASSUMED THE ROLE OF FLYING PILOT.  THE CAPTAIN REQUESTED "EXPEDITIOUS HANDLING" BY ATC.  THE REMAINDER OF THE FLIGHT WAS UNEVENTFUL.  ONCE OFF THE ACTIVE AND ON TAXIWAY E BEHIND OTHER AIRCRAFT A PASSENGER INFORMED A FLIGHT ATTENDANT (FA) THAT THEY HAD SMELLED SMOKE.  THE FA ADVISED THE CAPTAIN AND BASED ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES THE CAPTAIN ORDERED AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE FOUR MAIN EXIT DOORS (1L, 1R, 2L, 2R) WERE OPENED AND THE SLIDES DEPLOYED.  DURING DEPLOYMENT THE 1R SLIDE BECAME TWISTED DUE TO JET BLAST FROM AN MD 80 AIRCRAFT AHEAD OF N405US.  1R DOOR WAS NOT USED FOR EGRESS.  ALL PASSENGERS EGRESSED USING 1L, 2L & 2R DOORS WITH NO PREFERENCE NOTED.  THE ONLY TIME FRAME GIVEN WAS 10 SECONDS FOR THE FA TO NOTIFY THE CAPTAIN AND EVACUATION WAS "QUICK".  THREE PASSENGERS RECEIVED "MINOR INJURIES" DURING THE EVACUATION (ONE TWISTED ANKLE, ONE TWISTED KNEE AND ONE SCRAPED ELBOW).  THE PASSENGERS WERE TREATED BY PARAMEDICS AT THE TERM INAL AND THEY ALL CONTINUED TO THEIR DESTINATIONS.

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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