# Incident 20110115000839I: Bombardier CL-600-2B19, Arlington, VA, January 15, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 2011, 18:29 local time
- Place: Arlington, VA
- Airport: Reagan National
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: A6WA
- Location: 38.8783° N, 77.1007° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Arlington, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8783&lon=-77.1007&mi=10
- Aircraft: N437AW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N437AW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bombardier CL-600-2B19 (registry code 1390008, https://openairdocs.org/model/bombardier-cl-600-2b19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOMBARDIER CL-600-2B19
- People aboard: 13
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 5,467 total, 3,912 in this make and model, 222 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110115000839I

## Narrative

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

AIR WISCONSIN FLIGHT 961A RETURNED AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 1 DUE TO SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. PILOT STATED THAT ON CLIMB-OUT THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED SMOKE AND A BURNING ODOR IN THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT CONFIRMED THAT THE ODOR WAS PRESENT IN THE FLIGHT DECK AS WELL. THE SMOKE SUBSIDED DURING THE RETURN TO FIELD BUT REAPPEARED AS THEY APPROACHED THE GATE. THE PIC ADVISED THE TOWER THAT THEY WOULD BE EVACUATING THE AIRCRAFT. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT ARRIVED AT THE GATE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ASSISTED WITH THE EVACUATION BY DEPLANING ALL PASSENGERS THROUGH THE CREW ENTRANCE DOOR. NO EMERGENCY SLIDES OR OVER WING EXITS WERE USED DURING THE DEPLANING OF PASSENGERS. NO EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT WAS UTILIZED DURING THE EVACUATION OR IN FLIGHT DURING THE EMERGENCY. THE ESTIMATED DEPLANING TIME WAS LESS THAN ONE MINUTE WITH NO INJURIES REPORTED. AS A POSSIBLE RESULT OF BEING SUBJECTED TO SMOKE AND FUMES, THE PIC AND SIC REPORTED HAVING A SORE THROAT AND THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED A SORE THROAT AND HEADACHE. THE CREW WAS RELEASED FROM DUTY AND WENT TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR EVALUATION.THE PIC REPORTED THAT WHILE AT THE HOSPITAL THE SIC WAS DIAGNOSED WITH HIGH CARBON MONOXIDE LEVELS AND WAS PUT ON OXYGEN FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS. ALL THREE CREW MEMBERS WERE REMOVED FROM FLYING STATUS FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE WEEK.

## Other reports on N437AW (1)

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

- [Incident 20050808018409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050808018409I), Aug 8, 2005: Cndair CL6002B19 (N437AW), Lincoln, NE. (-23) N437AW, was operated by air Wisconsin as united flight 5377 from Lincoln, NE to denver, CO. The crew reported a flap problem to ATC after departure. The…

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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