# Incident 20080324848239I: Emb ERJ170200LR, Madison, WI, March 24, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 2008
- Place: Madison, WI
- Airport: Dane County Regional-Truax Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: C77A
- Location: 43.1399° N, 89.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DANE COUNTY RGNL/TRUAX FLD (MSN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1399&lon=-89.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N614CZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N614CZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer-Empresa Brasileira De ERJ 170-200 LR (registry code 3260121, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-empresa-brasileira-de-erj-170-200-lr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF34-8E5 (registry code 30061, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-8e5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB ERJ170200LR
- People aboard: 79
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080324848239I

## Narrative

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

(-23) FIRE ERUPTED IN THE LAVATORY INFLIGHT.  FLIGHT ATTENDANTS USED HALON FIRE EXTINGUISHERS. FLIGHT DIVERTED INTO MSN.  FBI AND ATF INVOLVED.  ATF TOOK ASH SAMPLES FROM LAVATORY.  ATF AND CARRIER CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE, A FINAL DETERMINATION HAS NOT BEEN MADE.  THE LAVATORY EXTINGUISHER DID NOT DISCHARGE BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION OF THE FIRE IN THE TRASH CAN AND THE FIRE DID NOT GENERATE ENOUGH HEAT.  THE SMOKE LEVEL WAS NOT INTENSE ENOUGH TO ACTIVATE THE LAV SMOKE ALARM.  THE POI AND CHDO HAVE BEEN MAKE AWARE OF THIS SITUATION AND THEY ARE DOING FOLLOW UP ACTION.

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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