# Accident 20041229033409A: Cndair CL6002C10, Austin, TX, December 29, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 2004, 13:35 local time
- Place: Austin, TX
- Airport: Austin-Bergstrom International Airport
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MASA
- Location: 30.2019° N, 97.6667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2019&lon=-97.6667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N506MJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CNDAIR CL6002C10
- Reported engine: GE CF34*
- People aboard: 59
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW05LA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05LA047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041229033409A

## Narrative

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

(-23) SKYWEST (AMERICA WEST CONNECTOR) FLIGHT 7210 ON DECEMBER 29, 2004, DEPARTED AUSTIN-BERGSTROM FOR WASHINGTON DULLES (IAD) AT 1305 CST. ON CLIMB OUT AT APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET AGL THE LAVATORY SMOKE ALARM ACTIVATED. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT IMMEDIATELY INSPECTED IT AND NO FIRE WAS DISCOVERED. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT RESET THE WARNING DEVICE AND NOTED THE CABIN SEEMED TO BE FILLING WITH SMOKE. CAPTAIN WAS NOTIFIED OF ALL THE FOREGOING FACTS. AN IN-FLIGHT EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE FLIGHT RETURNED TO AUSTIN. AFTER LANDING, THE CAPTAIN ORDERED AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION. ONE PASSENGER BROKE BONES IN HER FEET DURING THE EVACUATION. NO OTHER INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

## 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 DFW05LA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05LA047), Dec 29, 2004: Bombardier CL-600-2C10 (N506MJ), Austin, TX, no damage. Probable cause: The failure of an air conditioning pack, which resulted in a haze filling the cabin. A contributing factor was the failure of the passenger to follow evacuation instructions.

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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