# Incident 20110818018859I: Boeing Of Canada/Dehav Div DHC-8-311, Asheville, NC, August 18, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2011, 12:16 local time
- Place: Asheville, NC
- Airport: Asheville Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: HNAA
- Location: 35.4361° N, 82.5420° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ASHEVILLE RGNL (AVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4361&lon=-82.5420&mi=10
- Aircraft: N331EN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N331EN-2023-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing Of Canada/Dehav Div DHC-8-311 (registry code 1386006, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-of-canada-dehav-div-dhc-8-311) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW123 (registry code 52129, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw123) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING OF CANADA/DEHAV DIV DHC-8-311
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW123
- People aboard: 53
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 143 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110818018859I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT  RETURNED TO THE GATE WITH A MAINTENANCE PROBLEM WHEN A RAMP AGENT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FORM THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE.  HE NOTIFIED THE FLIGHT CREW AND IT WAS THEN DETERMINED TO DEPLANE THE PASSENGERS.  THE CREW MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO DE-PLANE THE AIRCRAFT.  THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT TOLD THE PASSENGERS TO LEAVE BY THE AIR STAIR DOOR.  WITH CONGESTION IN THE AISLE A PASSENGER ELECTED TO LEAVE BY THE EMERGENCY EXITS.  APPROXIMATELY TEN PASSENGERS EVACUATED THROUGH THE EMERGENCY EXIT.

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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