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Incident

FAA incident report · Dorner DO328300 · Covington/Cinci, KY · June 3, 2003

Date
June 3, 2003 · 16:45 local
Place
Covington/Cinci, KY
Airport
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky I
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
VTZA
Aircraft
N409FJ
Reported as
Dorner DO328300
People aboard
22
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) "Lav-smoke" indication on eicas while taxxing to runway. Pilot asked flight attendant if she could smell smoke in cabin. She answered yes. Pilot asked flight attendant to check lav for smoke. None found. Aircraft emergency declared. Aircraft shut down and passengers deplaned via stairs and bussed to terminal. No evidence of fire discovered, aircraft towed to terminal to be checked by maintenance. Visual inspection revealed lav fire extinguisher and fusible plug still intact. No discharge noted from extinguisher. Operational checked performed on lav smoke detector. Ops check ok.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) "LAV-SMOKE" INDICATION ON EICAS WHILE TAXXING TO RUNWAY. PILOT ASKED FLIGHT ATTENDANT IF SHE COULD SMELL SMOKE IN CABIN. SHE ANSWERED YES. PILOT ASKED FLIGHT ATTENDANT TO CHECK LAV FOR SMOKE. NONE FOUND. AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY DECLARED. AIRCRAFT SHUT DOWN AND PASSENGERS DEPLANED VIA STAIRS AND BUSSED TO TERMINAL. NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE DISCOVERED, AIRCRAFT TOWED TO TERMINAL TO BE CHECKED BY MAINTENANCE. VISUAL INSPECTION REVEALED LAV FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND FUSIBLE PLUG STILL INTACT. NO DISCHARGE NOTED FROM EXTINGUISHER. OPERATIONAL CHECKED PERFORMED ON LAV SMOKE DETECTOR. OPS CHECK OK.