# Incident 20011203031759I: Cndair CL6002B19, Staunton-Waynes, VA, December 3, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 2001, 08:19 local time
- Place: Staunton-Waynes, VA
- Airport: Shenandoah Valley Regional
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: COMA
- Location: 38.2638° N, 78.8964° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHENANDOAH VALLEY RGNL (SHD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2638&lon=-78.8964&mi=10
- Aircraft: N924CA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N924CA-2018-01-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Canadair CL-600-2B19 (registry code 1900309, https://openairdocs.org/model/canadair-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: 20
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 75 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011203031759I

## Narrative

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

(-23) COMAIR FLIGHT 625 WAS ENROUTE FROM CVG TO IAD, LEVEL AT FL 290 WHEN CABIN ALTITUDE CAUTION ALERT INDICATED THAT THE CABIN ALTITUDE HAD INCREASED TO 8,500 MSL (NORMAL CABIN ALTITUDE REPORTED BY CAPT TO BE 4,100 MSL). FLIGHT CREW COMMENCED QRH CHECKLIST. A DESCENT WAS INITIATED. THE FLIGHT CREW WAS UNABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE CABIN PRESSURE. AT FL 240 CABIN ALTITUDE CONTINUED TO INCREASE AT APPROXIMATELY 500 FPM, EXCEEDING 10,000 MSL. CABIN ALTITUDE WARNING SOUNDED AND PASSENGER OXYGEN MASKS DEPLOYED. FLIGHT CREW DONNED MASKS, NOTIFIED ATC AND COMMENCED EMERGENCY DESCENT TO 10,000 MSL. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT CALLED TO STATE THAT A PASSENGER REPORTED SMELLING FUMES. FLIGHT ATTENDANT ATTEMPTED TO DETERMINE IF FUMES WERE FROM HOT OXYGEN GENERATORS. SHE NOTED THAT SHE COULD NOT SMELL ODOR NEAR OXYGEN GENERATOR, BUT COULD SMELL ODOR ELSEWHERE. SHE NOTIFIED COCKPIT. FLIGHT CREW REQUESTED VECTORS TO NEAREST SUITABLE AIRPORT, WHICH WAS SHD. FLIGHT 625 LANDED RUNWAY 5 AT 0819LT. THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED ON THE RUNWAY. AS BRIEFED BY THE CAPTAIN PRIOR TO LANDING, AN EVACUATION WAS COMMENCED ON HIS COMMAND. ALL EXITS WERE USED. THERE WERE NO MALFUNCTIONS OF EXITS OR ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT. APPROXIMATELY 5 PASSENGERS EXITED EACH OVER WING EXIT, 5 EXITED THE GALLEY SERVICE DOOR AND 5 EXITED THE MAIN CABIN DOOR. THE EVACUATION TOOK APPROXIMATELY 45 SECONDS. THE EVACUATION WAS ORDERLY, THE PASSENGERS CALM AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. COMAIR MAINTENANCE REPORTS CABIN PRESSURE SELECTOR, P/N 2119764-5, AND CABIN PRESSURE ACQUISITION MODULE, P/N 10275B03C02, REPLACED.

## Other reports on N924CA (2)

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

- [Incident 20000601033239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000601033239I), Jun 1, 2000: Cndair CL6002B19 (N924CA), White Plains, NY. (-23)Service bulletin attached is being compied with. NTSB is investigating, poc [privacy data omitted] .
- [Incident 19940715030199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940715030199I), Jul 15, 1994: Cndair CL6002B19 (N924CA), Wichita, KS. Loud rythmic thumping sound heard in forward fuselage. Returned safely. No findings given.

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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