# Incident 20071211828209I: Emb EMB145LR, St Louis, MO, December 11, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 2007, 14:10 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert-St Louis International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CHQA
- Location: 38.6273° N, 90.1979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Louis, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6273&lon=-90.1979&mi=10
- Aircraft: N284SK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N284SK-2018-07-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-145LR (registry code 3260212, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-145lr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison AE-3007A (registry code 03030, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-ae-3007a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB145LR
- Reported engine: ALLSN AE3007A
- People aboard: 26
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,847 total, 4,122 in this make and model, 163 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071211828209I

## Narrative

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

(-23) CHQA FLIGHT 5839 TOOK OFF FROM KSTL BOUND FOR KIAH. DURNG THE CLIMB-OUT, THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED SMOKE IN THE LAVATORY AND AFT CABIN. THE SMOKE PRODUCED A "LAVATORY SMOKE" EICAS MESSAGE. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, RETURNED TO KSTL, LANDED ON 30R AND THEN THE CAPTAIN ORDERED THE EVACUATION OF THE AIRCRAFT USING THE MAIN CABIN DOOR AND FORWARD GALLEY DOOR. THE CREW ELECTED NOT TO USE THE OVERWING EXITS. NO MALFUNCTIONS WERE NOTED WITH ANY EXITS DURING THE EVACUATION. THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES DUE TO THE EVACUATION. THE EVACUATION TOOK LESS THAN ONE MINUTE.

## Other reports on N284SK (1)

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

- [Incident 20130227002399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130227002399I), Feb 27, 2013: Embraer EMB-145LR (N284SK), University Park, PA, No damage. Crew reported electrical smoke in cockpit, requested f/a check for odor in cabin, f/a confirmed odor and that odors were in forward area of cabin near cockpit.…

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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