# Incident 20030215007589I: Dorner DO328300, Charlottesville, VA, February 15, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 2003, 18:18 local time
- Place: Charlottesville, VA
- Airport: Charlottesville-Albemarle
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: VTZA
- Location: 38.1396° N, 78.4523° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHARLOTTESVILLE-ALBEMARLE (CHO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1396&lon=-78.4523&mi=10
- Aircraft: N404FJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DORNER DO328300
- People aboard: 15
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 600 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030215007589I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 02/15/2003, AT 18:18 LOCAL TIME, FLIGHT 6139 TOOK OFF FROM CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA. ON CLIMB OUT THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED SMOKE IN THE CABIN AFTER TURNING ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEMS (ECS). THE OXYGEN MASKS WERE DEPLOYED AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT. FLIGHT 6139 LANDED ON RUNWAY 3 WITHOUT INCIDENT AND TAXIED TO THE GATE. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION FOR SMOKE INHALATION INJURIES. THE DISPATCH RELEASE FOR FLIGHT 6139 LISTS THE RIGHT SIDE AIR-CYCLE MACHINE HEAT EXCHANGER (HX) FAN AS DEFERRED PER MEL 21-54-00. THIS RENDERED THE RIGHT ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM INOPERATIVE ON THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN DEICED PRIOR TO DEPARTURE WITH THE APU RUNNING. ON 02/18/2003, THE INOPERATIVE FAN WAS REMOVED FROM ITS MOUNT, GLYCOL WAS FOUND IN THE HEAT EXCHANGER INLET. A SERVICEABLE HX FAN WAS INSTALLED AND BOTH ECS WERE OPERATED OFF OF APU BLEED AIR AND ENGINE BLEED AIR. THE RIGHT ECS PRODUCED A GLYCOL ODOR BUT DID NOT EMIT SMOKE. THE GLYCOL ODOR WAS MORE PUNGENT WHEN THE RIGHT ECS WAS OPERATED OFF OF APU BLEED AIR. AFTER OPERATING THE ECS FOR 10 MINUTES THE ODOR WAS GONE.

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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