# Incident 20081218853459I: Emb EMB145LR, St Louis, MO, December 18, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 2008, 19:21 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: RAIA
- 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: N820HK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB145LR
- Reported engine: ALLSN AE3007A
- People aboard: 48
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,600 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 230 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081218853459I

## Narrative

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

SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE FROM LAMBERT ST. LOUIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KSTL), TRANS STATE AIRLINES FLIGHT 5553 ENCOUNTERED A “BANG” OR “POPPING NOISE” FROM THE BACK OF THE AIRCRAFT. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, THEY EXPERIENCED AN INFLUX OF SMOKE TO THE CABIN AND THE CREW RECEIVED A “BLD 1 LEAK” [BLEED 1 LEAK] WARNING MESSAGE. THE CREW RAN THE BLEED LEAK CHECKLIST WHICH RESULTED IN SHUTTING DOWN THE NUMBER 1 ENGINE. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED A BURNING SMELL IN THE CABIN AND SMOKE. THE FLIGHT CREW DROPPED THE PASSENGER OXYGEN MASKS. THE FLIGHT CREW DID NOT DON THEIR FLIGHT DECK OXYGEN MASKS. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND ELECTED TO EVACUATE THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY. NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THE EVACUATION ALTHOUGH ONE PASSENGER WAS TREATED FOR ASTHMA RELATED PROBLEMS AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL.

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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