# Incident 20120213002969I: Bombardier Inc CL-600-2B19, Greer, SC, February 13, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 13, 2012, 06:30 local time
- Place: Greer, SC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: A6WA
- Location: 34.9318° N, 82.2291° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greer, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9318&lon=-82.2291&mi=10
- Aircraft: N432AW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N432AW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bombardier CL-600-2B19 (registry code 1390008, https://openairdocs.org/model/bombardier-cl-600-2b19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF34 series (registry code 30015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2B19
- Reported engine: GE CF34 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120213002969I

## Narrative

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

13 FEB 2012 ABOUT 0630 AT THE GREENVILLE SPARTENBURG AIRPORT.PILOT ATTEMPTED TO START THE APU. IT WOULD NOT START. 1ST OFFICER RETURNED FROM THE WALK AROUND INSPECTION AND INFORMED THE PILOT HE COULD HEAR A SLOW IGNITOR FIRING.  1ST OFFICER ATTEMPTED TO START THE APU, A SECOND TIME, WHILE THE PILOT LISTEN FOR THE A SLOW START AND VERIFIED THE APU DOOR OPERATIONS. APU RPM NEVER GOT ABOVE 6% AND THE TEMP WAS GETTING CLOSE TO REDLINE.THE CREW DETERMINED THAT THE BATTERY WAS WEAK AND REQUESTED GROUND POWER. AFTER ABOUT 30 MIN. A 3RD ATTEMPT WAS MADE. THIS TIME THE APU RPM NEVER GOT ABOVE 6% BUT THE TEMP DID HIT REDLINE. CREW STOPPED THE ATTEMPT.  THE CAPTIAN PHONED MAINTENANCE. WHILE CAPTAIN WAS ON THE PHONE, A RAMP WORKER CAME AND NOTIFIED THE CREW THERE WAS A FIRE. CREW DEPARTED THE PLANE AND OBSERVED WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM THE APU DOOR. REQUESTED GROUND LEAD CONTACT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEN PROCEDED TO WALK AROUND THE AIRCRAFT TO OBSERVE THE APU EXHAUST. THE CREW DISCOVERED THERE HAD BEEN A FIRE AND A PIECE OF THE COWL HAD CAUGHT FIRE.FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND DISCOVERED THE FIRE WAS OUT AND THERE WAS NO SMOKE DAMAGE TO THE CABIN AREA.

## Other reports on N432AW (1)

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

- [Incident 20030909024809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030909024809I), Sep 9, 2003: Cndair CL6002B19 (N432AW), Atlanta, GA. (-23) Air Wisconsin flight 2103, ksav to katl sept 9 2003, had a "smoke cargo" message display off and on three times while cruising at FL 200 (18 minutes from…

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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