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Date
November 29, 2012 · 07:30 local
Place
Kalamazoo, MI
Airport
Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International
Phase of flight
Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N520SC
Reported as
Bombardier CL-600-2B16
Reported engine
GE CF34-3B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
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.
APU had contained failure 30 minutes after startup which caused smoke in aft cabin. Cas indication was APU overtemp or APU fire which commanded an automatic shutdown of the APU. The crew discharged the APU fire bottle shut off electrical power and exited the aircraft.
As the FAA filed it
APU HAD CONTAINED FAILURE 30 MINUTES AFTER STARTUP WHICH CAUSED SMOKE IN AFT CABIN. CAS INDICATION WAS APU OVERTEMP OR APU FIRE WHICH COMMANDED AN AUTOMATIC SHUTDOWN OF THE APU. THE CREW DISCHARGED THE APU FIRE BOTTLE SHUT OFF ELECTRICAL POWER AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.