# Incident 20050705021619I: Emb EMB145LR, Chicago, IL, July 5, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2005, 17:55 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago-O Hare International
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CHQA
- Location: 41.9769° N, 87.9081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO O'HARE INTL (ORD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9769&lon=-87.9081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N292SK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N292SK-2014-09-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-145LR (registry code 3260212, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-145lr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce AE-3007A1P (registry code 54571, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-ae-3007a1p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB145LR
- Reported engine: ALLSN AE3007A
- People aboard: 44
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,174 total, 2,174 in this make and model, 213 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050705021619I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING INITIAL TAKEOFF ROLL, THERE WAS A FAINT SMELL OF SMOKE, FOLLOWED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY BY A THIN, BUT RAPIDLY BUILDING, SMOKE BUILDUP IN THE COCKPIT. TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED AT ROUGHLY 50 KNOTS. ONCE THEY COMPLETED THE ABORTED TAKEOFF, THE SMOKE BEGAN TO DISSIPATE AND THERE WAS NO SIGNS OF CONTINUED BUILDUP ONCE THE ENGINE POWER WAS RETARDED. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT INFORMED THE COCKPIT CREW THAT SHE HAD BOTH SMELLED AND VISUALLY CONFIRMED THE PRESENCE OF SMOKE IN THE CABIN BUT COULD NOT READILY IDENTIFY A SOURCE. THE PASSENGERS WERE EVACUATED ON THE RUNWAY THROUGH THE MAIN CABIN DOOR ONLY. MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOT THE DISCREPANCY BUT COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. MAINTENANCE INDICATED THIS PROBLEM HAD OCCURRED ON OTHER AIRCRAFT OF THIS TYPE IN THEIR FLEET ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHEREIN THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.

## Other reports on N292SK (1)

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

- [Incident 20101129052139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101129052139I), Nov 29, 2010: Embraer EMB-145LR (N292SK), Springfield, IL, No damage. Off mke in cruise flight enroute to stl, a baggage smoke warning illuminated, the pilots did discharge the baggage fire bottles . The pilots diverted the…

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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