# Incident 20020130001549I: Emb EMB145, Buffalo, NY, January 30, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 2002, 07:19 local time
- Place: Buffalo, NY
- Airport: Greater Buffalo International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CHQA
- Location: 42.8864° N, 78.8784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buffalo, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8864&lon=-78.8784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N261SK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N261SK-2017-08-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-145LR (registry code 3260212, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-145lr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison AE-3007A (registry code 03030, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-ae-3007a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB145
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020130001549I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2002, AT 0719 EST, AN EMBRAER EMB-145, N261SK, FLIGHT 4906, OPERATED BY CHAUTAUQUA AIRLINES, AFTER DEPARTURE FROM TEH BUFFALO NIAGARA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ENROUTE TO BOSTON, MA, REPORTED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BUF, A LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED ON RUNWAY 5 AND THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT INCIDENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE MECHANIC FOUND THAT DURING THE DE-ICING PROCEDURES, SOME DE-ICING FLUID WAS INJECTED INTO THE AUXILIARY POWER UNIT. AN OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS SATISFACTORY AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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