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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Embraer ERJ 190-100 · Kansas City, MO · June 21, 2010

Date
June 21, 2010 · 15:22 local
Place
Kansas City, MO
Airport
Kansas City International
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
R61A
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N170HQ
Reported as
Embraer ERJ 190-100
Reported engine
GE CF34-10E6
People aboard
103
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
2
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
1,200 total4,021 in this make and model233 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

After descending below 10,000 feet on arrival into mci, the flight attendants reported smoke and fumes in the cabin. Shortly thereafter, the crew began to smell very strong fumes on the flight deck. The flight deck crew donned oxygen masks. The flight attendants were informed that the aircraft would be landing immediately and to prepare for a possible evacuation. The captain declared an emergency and landed at mci. While running checklists and after turning off the recirc fans, the crew received a "pack 2 fail" eicas message followed by a "pack off" message. The flight attendants informed the crew that the smoke stopped and that the fumes were dissipating. The aarf crew inspected the aircraft and observed no unusual smoke. They detected no high temperature reading with their thermal equipment. The crew obtained taxi instructions and began to move. The flight attendants reported increasing fumes. At that point, the crew initiated an emergency evacuation via the slides.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER DESCENDING BELOW 10,000 FEET ON ARRIVAL INTO MCI, THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS REPORTED SMOKE AND FUMES IN THE CABIN. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE CREW BEGAN TO SMELL VERY STRONG FUMES ON THE FLIGHT DECK. THE FLIGHT DECK CREW DONNED OXYGEN MASKS. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WERE INFORMED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WOULD BE LANDING IMMEDIATELY AND TO PREPARE FOR A POSSIBLE EVACUATION. THE CAPTAIN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED AT MCI.WHILE RUNNING CHECKLISTS AND AFTER TURNING OFF THE RECIRC FANS, THE CREW RECEIVED A "PACK 2 FAIL" EICAS MESSAGE FOLLOWED BY A "PACK OFF" MESSAGE. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS INFORMED THE CREW THAT THE SMOKE STOPPED AND THAT THE FUMES WERE DISSIPATING. THE AARF CREW INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND OBSERVED NO UNUSUAL SMOKE. THEY DETECTED NO HIGH TEMPERATURE READING WITH THEIR THERMAL EQUIPMENT. THE CREW OBTAINED TAXI INSTRUCTIONS AND BEGAN TO MOVE. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS REPORTED INCREASING FUMES. AT THAT POINT, THE CREW INITIATED AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION VIA THE SLIDES.