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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cndair CL-600-2D24 · Washington, DC · May 15, 2008

Date
May 15, 2008 · 09:00 local
Place
Washington, DC
Airport
Washington Dulles International
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
FDKA
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N602LR
Reported as
Cndair CL6002D24
People aboard
61
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) N602LR operated by freedom airlines, inc, (fdka) on flight 6050 from iad to atl returned to the field after the flight attendant reported smoke in the cabin. Crew declared an emergency and landed with no incident on runway 19L. Per the captains instruction, the flight attendants performed an emergency evacuation and all 58 passengers and 4 crew members were evacuated in 3 1/2 minutes, out the main entry door (1L), with no reported injuries. Aircraft was then removed from the runway under tow. All emergency equipment functioned properly and the main entry door was the only exit used, due to the large quantity of smoke that disappated just before landing.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) N602LR OPERATED BY FREEDOM AIRLINES, INC, (FDKA) ON FLIGHT 6050 FROM IAD TO ATL RETURNED TO THE FIELD AFTER THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED SMOKE IN THE CABIN. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED WITH NO INCIDENT ON RUNWAY 19L. PER THE CAPTAINS INSTRUCTION, THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION AND ALL 58 PASSENGERS AND 4 CREW MEMBERS WERE EVACUATED IN 3 1/2 MINUTES, OUT THE MAIN ENTRY DOOR (1L), WITH NO REPORTED INJURIES. AIRCRAFT WAS THEN REMOVED FROM THE RUNWAY UNDER TOW. ALL EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT FUNCTIONED PROPERLY AND THE MAIN ENTRY DOOR WAS THE ONLY EXIT USED, DUE TO THE LARGE QUANTITY OF SMOKE THAT DISAPPATED JUST BEFORE LANDING.