20021114032129I

Incident

FAA incident report · EMB EMB-145LR · Fayetteville, AR · November 14, 2002

Date
November 14, 2002 · 09:15 local
Place
Fayetteville, AR
Airport
Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
MASA
Aircraft
N831MJ
Reported as
EMB EMB145LR
People aboard
13
Fatal injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) After aircraft was boarded, flight crew was completing the final paperwork, flight attendant alerted the crew of smoke in the cabin, when the captain noticed the smoke was heavy, could not see the lavatory from the cockpit. The captain told the flight attendant to notify the ground crew that the first officer was going to supervise the pax evacuation. The captain contacted the ground and had CFR dispatched. The captain shut all packs, APU bleed, gasper and recirculating fans as a precaution. CFR arrived within minutes and inspected aircraft with his crew using a thermo-imaging device. After pax evacuation, the flight attendant complained about chest pains, dizziness and looked pale.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AFTER AIRCRAFT WAS BOARDED, FLIGHT CREW WAS COMPLETING THE FINAL PAPERWORK, FLIGHT ATTENDANT ALERTED THE CREW OF SMOKE IN THE CABIN, WHEN THE CAPTAIN NOTICED THE SMOKE WAS HEAVY, COULD NOT SEE THE LAVATORY FROM THE COCKPIT. THE CAPTAIN TOLD THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT TO NOTIFY THE GROUND CREW THAT THE FIRST OFFICER WAS GOING TO SUPERVISE THE PAX EVACUATION. THE CAPTAIN CONTACTED THE GROUND AND HAD CFR DISPATCHED. THE CAPTAIN SHUT ALL PACKS, APU BLEED, GASPER AND RECIRCULATING FANS AS A PRECAUTION. CFR ARRIVED WITHIN MINUTES AND INSPECTED AIRCRAFT WITH HIS CREW USING A THERMO-IMAGING DEVICE. AFTER PAX EVACUATION, THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT COMPLAINED ABOUT CHEST PAINS, DIZZINESS AND LOOKED PALE.