# Incident 20040319006619I: Cndair CL6002B19, Chicago, IL, March 19, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 2004, 23:39 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: VTZA
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N648BR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N648BR-2011-09-27) (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
- Reported engine: GE CF343A1
- People aboard: 40
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,631 total, 2,206 in this make and model, 148 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040319006619I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING INITIAL CLIMBOUT AT 1,000FT, CREW RECEIVED A LAVATORY SMOKE MESSAGE. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT CONFIRMED SMOKE IN THE CABIN AND THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO ORD. THE FLIGHT AND CABIN CREW DONNED OXYGEN MASKS AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT ORD WITHOUT INCIDENT AND WAS MET ON RUNWAY 32L BY EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT. THE PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED THROUGH THE MAIN CABIN DOOR AND TAKEN BACK TO THE TERMINAL BY BUS. THE ESTIMATED TIME TO CLEAR THE AIRCRAFT OF PASSENGERS IS UNKNOWN. THE O'HARE FIRE DEPARTMENT PERFORMED A THERMAL SCAN OF THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND NO HOT SPOTS.

## Other reports on N648BR (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20081005857209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081005857209I), Oct 5, 2008: Cndair CL6002B19 (N648BR), Baton Rouge, LA, No damage. Chautauqua airlines flight 5730, operating on 10/5/08 from houston, Texas to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, received false "smoke cargo" indicators during cruise. An…
- [Incident 20021003029609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021003029609I), Oct 3, 2002: Cndair CL6002B19 (N648BR), Syracuse, NY. (-23) During cruise from pwm to ord, the crew reported a 14th stage bleed fail annunciator that did not extinguish after the qrh procedures were complied with.…

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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