# Incident 20130102000109I: Embraer EMB-135KL, Cedar Rapids, IA, January 2, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 2013, 19:00 local time
- Place: Cedar Rapids, IA
- Airport: Eastern Iowa
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CHQA
- Location: 41.8847° N, 91.7108° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at THE EASTERN IOWA (CID), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8847&lon=-91.7108&mi=10
- Aircraft: N375SK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N375SK-2017-05-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-135KL (registry code 3260302, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-135kl) (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-135KL
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC AE 3007A1P
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 6,200 total, 5,603 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130102000109I

## Narrative

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

FOLLOWING DEPARTURE FROM THE EASTERN IOWA AIRPORT, CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA, THE CAPTAIN NOTICED AN INTERMITTENT SMELL AND ASSUMED IT TO BE DEICE FLUID. WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH 12,000 FEET, THE ODOR BECAME STRONGER AND WAS SOON FOLLOWED BY A "BAGGAGE SMOKE WARNING" INDICATION. THE CAPTAIN CONTACTED THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT WHO ALSO REPORTED A STRONG SMELL OF SMOKE IN THE CABIN, BUT STATED THERE WAS NO VISIBLE SIGN OF SMOKE. THE CAPTAIN INSTRUCTED THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT TO DON HER OXYGEN MASK, AT WHICH TIME SHE DONNED HERS AND DEPLOYED THE PASSENGER MASKS AS WELL. THE BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT FIRE EXTINGUISHERS WERE DISCHARGED, THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO THE CEDAR RAPIDS AIRPORT. UPON LANDING, THE SMELL OF SMOKE WAS STILL PRESENT SO THE EVACUATION ORDER WAS GIVEN BY THE CAPTAIN. ALL PASSENGERS WERE EVACUATED THROUGH THE MAIN CABIN DOOR AND WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN LESS THAN 30 SECONDS, AS REPORTED BY THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED, OR FAILURE OF EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT. ALL PASSENGERS WERE SUBSEQUENTLY BUSSED TO THE TERMINAL.

## Other reports on N375SK (1)

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

- [Incident 20080909846979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080909846979I), Sep 9, 2008: Emb EMB135KL (N375SK), Raleigh/Durham, NC, No damage. (-23) Chautauqua flight 5331 operating on September 9, 2008 from Raleigh, north carolina to st. louis, Missouri experienced smoke in cabin during initial…

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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