# Incident 20061202025729I: Emb EMB145XR, Kansas City, MO, December 2, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 2006, 15:59 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: C2XA
- Location: 39.2976° N, 94.7139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KANSAS CITY INTL (MCI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2976&lon=-94.7139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12172, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N12172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-145XR (registry code 3260214, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-145xr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce AE3007 series (registry code 54582, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-ae3007-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB145XR
- Reported engine: ALLSN AE3007A
- People aboard: 36
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 1,687 in this make and model, 106 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061202025729I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 02, 2006 EXPRESSJET FLIGHT 2018, OPERATED BY EXPRESSJET AIRLINES, INC., ABORTED THE TAKEOFF DUE TO SMOKE IN THE CABIN. THE CAPTAIN MADE THE DECISION TO EVACUATE THE AIRCRAFT. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. NO FIRE WAS REPORTED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIED BACK TO THE GATE. THE MECHANICS PERFORMED HIGH POWER ENGINE RUNS PER MAINTENANCE MANUAL, NO DEFECTS WERE DETECTED. INCIDENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS 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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