# Incident 20110926021309I: Embraer EMB-145LR, Windsor Locks, CT, September 26, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 2011, 09:41 local time
- Place: Windsor Locks, CT
- Airport: Bradley International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CHQA
- Location: 41.9390° N, 72.6843° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRADLEY INTL (BDL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9390&lon=-72.6843&mi=10
- Aircraft: N287SK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N287SK-2022-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-145LR (registry code 3260212, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-145lr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce AE-3007A1P (registry code 54571, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-ae-3007a1p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER EMB-145LR
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC AE 3007A1P
- People aboard: 52
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110926021309I

## Narrative

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

AFTER TAKEOFF FROM BDL AT AN ALTITUDE OF 200 FEET, SEVERAL PASSENGERS IN THE AFT CABIN AREA YELLED "SMOKE; SMOKE". THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT NOTED A CONCENTRATION OF LIGHT GRAY SMOKE OR HAZE NEAR THE LAVATORY AND IT WAS MOVING FORWARD ALONG THE TOP OF THE CABIN. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT NOTIFIED THE FLIGHT CREW OF THE SITUATION AND THEN PROCEEDED TO THE LAVATORY TO CHECK FOR HOT SPOTS, NONE WERE NOTED, SHE THEN CHECKED INSIDE THE LAVATORY FOR HOT SPOTS AND A SOURCE OF THE SMOKE, NO ABNORMALITIES OR A SOURCE WERE NOTED. DURING THIS SEQUENCE OF EVENTS THE FLIGHT CREW HAD ALSO RECEIVED AN ICAS MESSAGE "LAV SMOKE" AT WHICH POINT THE CAPTAIN INITIATED SMOKE EVACUATION PROCEDURES AND NOTIFIED ATC THAT THE FLIGHT WAS RETURNING TO BDL. AN OVERWEIGHT LANDING WAS EXECUTED ON RUNWAY 06, THE AIRCRAFT CLEARED THE RUNWAY VIA TAXIWAY "H" THEN ONTO TAXIWAY "C" WHERE AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION WAS INITIATED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES NOTED AMONG THE PASSENGERS OR CREW RESULTING FROM THE EMERGENCY EVACUATION. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT AND SEVERAL PASSENGERS INDICATED THAT THE SMOKE DID NOT HAVE AN ACRID ELECTRICAL ODOR NOR WERE THEY ABLE TO IDENTIFY OR DESCRIBE ANY DISTINCT ODOR ASSOCIATED WITH ANY SORT OF COMBUSTION, ONE PASSENGER THOUGHT IT HAD AN OILY SMELL. AN OVERWEIGHT LANDING WAS MADE AT AROUND 45,500 POUNDS, NORMAL MAXIMUM LANDING WEIGHT IS 42,549 POUNDS, TOUCHDOWN WAS AT OR NEAR 300 FEET PER MINUTE.

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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