# Incident 20060322012849I: Emb ERJ170100SU, Syracuse, NY, March 22, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 2006, 16:25 local time
- Place: Syracuse, NY
- Airport: Syracuse Hancock International
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: R61A
- Location: 43.1112° N, 76.1063° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SYRACUSE HANCOCK INTL (SYR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1112&lon=-76.1063&mi=10
- Aircraft: N829MD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N829MD-2018-04-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer ERJ 170-100SU (registry code 3260403, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-erj-170-100su) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF34 series (registry code 30015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB ERJ170100SU
- People aboard: 73
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060322012849I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 22, 2006, AT 1618 EST, A REPUBLIC AIRLINES CRJ-170, N829MD, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WHILE ON APPROACH 12 MILES SOUTH OF SYR, DUE TO A LAVATORY FIRE. FIRE AND RESCUE TRUCKS RESPONDED AND PREPARED FOR A POSSIBLE EVACUATION ON THE RUNWAY. ON FINAL, THE CAPTAIN INFORMED ATC THAT THE FIRE WAS OUT. ONE MINUTE AFTER STOPPING THE AIRCRAFT, THE FIRE WAS CONFIRMED OUT AND THE PLAN WAS MADE TO TAXI TO THE GATE. AT THE GATE, FIRE OFFICIALS BOARDED TO CONFIRM THE FIRE WAS SAFELY OUT AND THAT THE PROBABLE CAUSE HAD BEEN A LIT CIGARETTE IN THE LAV TRASH. POLICE OFFICIALS UNSUCCESSFULLY ATTEMPTED TO DETERMINE WHO CAUSED THE FIRE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED OUT THE FOLLOWING DAY. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN WASHINGTON (NATIONAL) AIRPORT, WASHINGTON, DC ON MARCH 22, 2006 AT 1515 EST. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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