# Incident 20030813024509I: Cndair CL6002B19, Raleigh-Durham, NC, August 13, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2003, 14:46 local time
- Place: Raleigh-Durham, NC
- Airport: Raleigh-Durham International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: COMA
- Location: 35.8831° N, 78.7903° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8831&lon=-78.7903&mi=10
- Aircraft: N451CA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N451CA-2017-05-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bombardier CL-600-2B19 (registry code 1390008, https://openairdocs.org/model/bombardier-cl-600-2b19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF34 series (registry code 30015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CNDAIR CL6002B19
- People aboard: 43
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,572 total, 4,951 in this make and model, 236 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL03IA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03IA126) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030813024509I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT CRUISE ALTITUDE THE AUTOPILOT TRIPPED OFF, THE AIR DRIVEN GENERATOR DEPLOYED, AND THE EFIS SCREENS WENT BLANK FOR A MOMENT, AFTER THE EFIS RECOVERED THE EICAS SCREEN DISPLAYED A MESSAGE THAT THE NUMBER ONE GENERATOR WAS OFF-LINE AND THE BUS HAD AUTOTRANSFERRED, ALONG WITH RELATED MESSAGES. AFTER THIS SMOKE WAS OBSERVED IN THE FLIGHT DECK IN FRONT OF THE CAPTAIN. BOTH PILOTS DONNED O-2 MASKS AND ACCOMPLISHED THE QRH CHECKLIST. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE FLIGHT DIVERTED TO RALEIGH-DURHAM AIRPORT, THE SMOKE DISSIPATED, THE PILOTS ACCOMPLISHED THE QRH FOR ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS DURING DESCENT AND THE AIRPLANE LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL03IA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03IA126), Aug 13, 2003: Bombardier CL600-2B19 (N451CA), Raleigh Durham, NC, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The failure of a utility bus relay which resulted in an electrical fire and subsequent smoke in the cockpit.

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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