# Incident 20081124854179I: Cndair CL6002B19, Houston, TX, November 24, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 24, 2008, 08:03 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: George Bush Intercontinental/H
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CHQA
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N645BR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N645BR-2011-09-27) (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
- Reported engine: GE CF34*
- People aboard: 33
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,869 total, 1,283 in this make and model, 185 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081124854179I

## Narrative

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

ON 11/24/2008, DURING THE INITIAL CLIMB OF CHQA FLIGHT 5570, IAH TO SDF, THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT (F/A) SMELLED A STRONG BURNING ODOR IN THE CABIN.  SHE CHECKED THE FORWARD GALLEY FOR THE SOURCE OF THE SMELL.  SHE IDENTIFIED THE ODOR WAS COMING FROM THE GALLEY WALL GASPER VENT.  THE AFT PASSENGERS, A/C RIGHT, WERE INFORMING HER OF A HEAVY SMOKE ODOR AND A WHITE FOG.  IT APPEARED TO BE COMING FROM UNDER THE PASSENGER SEATS.  THE F/A CHECKED FOR VISIBLE SIGNS OF FIRE IN THE CABIN AND LAVATORY.  THE F/A NOTIFIED THE FLIGHT DECK OF THE ODOR AND LOCATION OF THE SMOKE.  THE CAPTAIN AND FIRST OFFICER ALSO SMELLED THE ODOR THROUGH THE GASPER VENTS IN THE FLIGHT DECK.  THE CAPTAIN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND BREIFIED THE F/A TO PREPARE THE CABIN FOR EMERGENCY LANDING AND AN EVACUATION ON THE RUNWAY.  THE F/A INDICATED THAT IT TOOK APPROXIMATELY 4 MINUTES TO PREPARE THE PASSENGERS AND CABIN.  THE FLIGHT RETURNED TO IAH WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.  THE CAPTAIN COMMANDED THE EMERGENCY EVACUATION ONCE STOPPED ON THE RUNWAY.  ALTHOUGH BOTH FORWARD EXITS WERE OPENED BY THE F/A, CONDITIONS INSIDE THE A/C ALLOWED ALL PASSENGERS TO EXIT THROUGH THE MAIN CABIN AIRSTAIR DOOR IN APPROXIMATELY 1 MINUTE WITHOUT INJURY.

## Other reports on N645BR (1)

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

- [Incident 20040303007999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040303007999I), Mar 3, 2004: Cndair CL6002B19 (N645BR), Buffalo, NY. (-23) On Wednesday, March 3, 2004, at 652 pm EDT, a Bombardier CL-600, N645BR, flight 824, operated by atlantic coast airlines; during descent the right engine…

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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