# Incident 20060319008279I: Cndair CL6002B19, Asheville, NC, March 19, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 2006, 07:19 local time
- Place: Asheville, NC
- Airport: Asheville Regional
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: REXA
- Location: 35.4361° N, 82.5417° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4361&lon=-82.5417&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8783E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8783E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bombardier CL-600-2B19 (registry code 1390008, https://openairdocs.org/model/bombardier-cl-600-2b19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF34-3B1 (registry code 30070, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-3b1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CNDAIR CL6002B19
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,400 total, 1,753 in this make and model, 209 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL06IA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06IA054) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060319008279I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 19, 2006 N8783E, A BOMBARDIER CL-600-2B19, OPERATED BY PINNACLE AIRLINES INC., DEPARTED ASHEVILLE NC AIRPORT WITH A DESTINATION OF COVINGTON, KENTUCKY. WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH 17,000 FEET THE CAPTAIN SMELLED SMOKE. A FEW SECONDS LATER THE CAPTAIN NOTICED FLAMES AND SMOKE COMING FROM THE LOWER LEFT WINDSHIELD. THE PILOT BELIEVED IT WAS THE WINDSHIELD HEAT UNIT SO THE FIRST OFFICER TURNED OFF THE WINDSHIELD HEAT. THE FLAMES WENT OUT BUT THERE WAS STILL SMOKE. THE CAPTAIN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO ASHEVILLE AIRPORT. THE AIRPLANE LANDED SAFELY, TAXIED TO THE GATE, AND THE PASSENGERS WERE EXPEDITIOUSLY DEPLANED WITH NO INCIDENTS. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT FOUND SCORCHING AND SOOT ON THE WINDSHIELD NEAR THE TERMINAL BLOCK. THE WINDSHIELD, WINDSHIELD HEAT CONTROLLER, AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS WERE REPLACED.

## 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 ATL06IA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06IA054), Mar 19, 2006: Bombardier CL-600-2B19 (N8783E), Asheville, NC, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The improper installation of the pilot's windshield by company maintenance personnel, which resulted in flame and smoke in the cockpit, and subsequent emergency landing.

## Other reports on N8783E (1)

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

- [Incident 20060214002599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060214002599I), Feb 14, 2006: Cndair CL6002B19 (N8783E), Lincoln, NE. (-23) N8783E, a CL-600, being operated by pinnacle airlines as northwest airlink flight 2973, reported an unsafe gear indication on approach to Lincoln, NE.…

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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