# Incident 20021121033579I: Cndair CL6002C10, Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, November 21, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 2002, 08:12 local time
- Place: Dallas-Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Dallas-Fort Worth International
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SIMA
- Location: 32.8972° N, 97.0377° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTL (DFW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8972&lon=-97.0377&mi=10
- Aircraft: N501BG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N501BG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bombardier CL-600-2C10 (registry code 1390015, https://openairdocs.org/model/bombardier-cl-600-2c10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF34 series (registry code 30015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CNDAIR CL6002C10
- People aboard: 65
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,764 total, 182 in this make and model, 159 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021121033579I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AMERICAN EAGLE FLIGHT 3887, ON NOV. 21, 2002, DEPARTED DFW AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 36R AT 0812 CST. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF AND BEFORE BEING HANDED TO DEPARTURE CONTROL, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH SMOKE IN THE CABIN. THE FLIGHT ELECTED TO STAY WITH DFW TOWER, FOR RETURN TO THE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT THEN LANDED ON RUNWAY 36L, EXITED THE RUNWAY ON TAXIWAY E2 AND EVACUATED THE PASSENGERS. THE CAUSE OF THE SMOKE WAS DETERMINED TO BE RESIDUE FLUID FROM AN ENGINE TURBINE WASH EARLIER IN THE DAY. FAA FORM 8020-11 SHOWS THE AIRCRAFT TO BE AN EMB-145. THE ACTUAL AIRCRAFT WAS A CRJ-700.

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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