# Incident 20040907030999I: Emb EMB135LR, Roanoke, VA, September 7, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2004, 12:35 local time
- Place: Roanoke, VA
- Airport: Roanoke Regional/Woodrum Field
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SIMA
- Location: 37.2710° N, 79.9414° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roanoke, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2710&lon=-79.9414&mi=10
- Aircraft: N707EB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N707EB-2019-01-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-135LR (registry code 3260305, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-135lr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison AE-3007A (registry code 03030, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-ae-3007a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB135LR
- People aboard: 36
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040907030999I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE IN CRUISE-DESCENT TO FL210, RIGHT AFTER THE "EICAS" "ICING" CAPTION ILLUMINATED, THE COCKPIT AND CABIN FILLED UP WITH SMOKE AND SOOT. THE CAPTAIN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY IN ROA, VA. THE OXYGEN MASKS WERE NOT DEPLOYED, AND THERE WAS NO EMERGENCY EVACUATION. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE, AND NO IMMEDIATELY APPARENT SOURCE FOR THE SMOKE AND SOOT. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL LATER DETERMINED THAT THE LEFT AIR CONDITIONING MACHINE (ACM) HAD SEIZED, CAUSING THE SMOKE AND SOOT. THE SYSTEM WAS DEFERRED, AND THE #1 ACM WAS LATER CHANGED AT A MAINTENANCE BASE.

## Other reports on N707EB (1)

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

- [Incident 20051206032689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051206032689I), Dec 6, 2005: Emb EMB135LR (N707EB), Boston, MA, Minor damage. (-23) American eagle, flight #4818, bos-lga, Emb-135-LR, at 1531 EST, 12/06/05, while parked at gate B-23 in Boston, MA, had an American eagle maintenance van…

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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