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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Bombardier CL-600-2B19 · Chattanooga, TN · February 28, 2012

Date
February 28, 2012 · 17:04 local
Place
Chattanooga, TN
Airport
Lovell Field
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
VNAA
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N209PS
Reported as
Bombardier CL-600-2B19
People aboard
51
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport

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.

Flight number 483, under the call sign bluestreak 483, a us airway express flight, being operated by psa airlines, landed as scheduled at the Chattanooga airport. While taxiing to the gate, the crew started the APU and then opened the APU load valve to allow the APU to power the ac packs, and they thought they smelled something burning. They could not determine where the smell was from, so they stopped just short of the gate, declared an emergency, and proceeded with an emergency egress. All 48 passengers were evacuated safely and routed into the terminal. Contract mx did troubleshooting and determined that seepage oil from the APU was able to drain into or around the hot bleed air from the APU load valve and cause the burning smell. The APU load valve was deactivated, per the psa MEL, and the aircraft was put back into service.

As the FAA filed it

FLIGHT NUMBER 483, UNDER THE CALL SIGN BLUESTREAK 483, A US AIRWAY EXPRESS FLIGHT, BEING OPERATED BY PSA AIRLINES, LANDED AS SCHEDULED AT THE CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT. WHILE TAXIING TO THE GATE, THE CREW STARTED THE APU AND THEN OPENED THE APU LOAD VALVE TO ALLOW THE APU TO POWER THE AC PACKS, AND THEY THOUGHT THEY SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING. THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE WHERE THE SMELL WAS FROM, SO THEY STOPPED JUST SHORT OF THE GATE, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, AND PROCEEDED WITH AN EMERGENCY EGRESS. ALL 48 PASSENGERS WERE EVACUATED SAFELY AND ROUTED INTO THE TERMINAL. CONTRACT MX DID TROUBLESHOOTING AND DETERMINED THAT SEEPAGE OIL FROM THE APU WAS ABLE TO DRAIN INTO OR AROUND THE HOT BLEED AIR FROM THE APU LOAD VALVE AND CAUSE THE BURNING SMELL. THE APU LOAD VALVE WAS DEACTIVATED, PER THE PSA MEL, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS PUT BACK INTO SERVICE.