# Incident 20060331011259I: Cndair CL6002B19, Philadelphia, PA, March 31, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 2006, 06:33 local time
- Place: Philadelphia, PA
- Airport: Philadelphia International
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: VNAA
- Location: 39.8721° N, 75.2407° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHILADELPHIA INTL (PHL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8721&lon=-75.2407&mi=10
- Aircraft: N258PS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N258PS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bombardier CL-600-2B19 (registry code 1390008, https://openairdocs.org/model/bombardier-cl-600-2b19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF34 series (registry code 30015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CNDAIR CL6002B19
- People aboard: 22
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,400 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060331011259I

## Narrative

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

(-23) FLIGHT 2310 WHILE ON APPROACH TO PHL THE CREW TURNED ON THE APU, SHORTLY AFTER THAT, THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED SMOKE IN THE CABIN. CREW ALSO SMELLED SMOKE IN THE FLIGHT DECK AND DONNED THEIR OXYGEN MASKS AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. OXYGEN MASKS WERE NOT DEPLOYED IN THE CABIN. CREW LANDED ON RUNWAY 27L AND TAXIED OFF THE RUNWAY, AND EVACUATED THE PASSENGERS ON THE TAXIWAY. FIREMEN THAT WERE RESPONDING TOLD THE CREW THAT THEY SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE APU AND THE CREW DISCHARGED THE APU FIRE BOTTLE. THE CAPTAIN INITIATED THE EVACUATION BECAUSE OF SMOKE IN THE CABIN; ONLY THE MAIN CABIN DOOR WAS USED, BECAUSE 19 PASSENGERS WERE ONBOARD. OVER WING AND SERVICE DOOR EXITS WERE NOT USED AND NO MALFUNCTIONS WERE REPORTED DURING THE EVACUATION. THE ESTIMATED TIME IT TOOK FOR THE EVACUATION WAS UNDER ONE MINUTE AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. INSPECTION OF THE APU REVEALED THE OIL COOLER WAS CLOGGED WITH DEBRIS WHICH APPEARS TO BE FROM COTTONWOOD TREES. THE APU OIL COOLER WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED AND NO FURTHER PROBLEMS WERE REPORTED. PMI WAS NOTIFIED AND THE OPERATOR FILED AN SDR, IAW 14 CFR 121.703 (A)(5).

## Other reports on N258PS (1)

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

- [Incident 20100628037809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100628037809I), Jun 28, 2010: Bombardier CL-600-2B19 (N258PS), Charleston, WV, No damage. 06/28/2010CHARLESTON airport, WV (crw): jetstream intl airlines flight 2388, a CL-600-2B19, struck a bird on departure roll from runway and aborted the takeoff…

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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