# Incident 20130204001899I: Embraer EMB-145XR, Chicago, IL, February 4, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 2013, 18:30 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: O'Hare International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ASOA
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12145, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N12145) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-145XR (registry code 3260214, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-145xr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison AE-3007A1/3 (registry code 03036, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-ae-3007a1-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER EMB-145XR
- Reported engine: ALLISON AE 3007A1/3
- People aboard: 41
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130204001899I

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT DEPARTED ORD AND WHILE CLIMBING OUT OF 700 FEET, BOTH PILOTS "NOTICED SMOKE BILLOWING INTO THE COCKPIT".  CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND REQUESTED AN IMMEDIATE RETURN TO ORD.  THE SMOKE/FUMES BEGAN TO DISSIPATE DURING THEIR APPROACH AND FLIGHT MADE A NORMAL LANDING.  AFTER LANDING THE PASSENGERS DISEMBARKED USING THE THE PAX ENTRY DOOR AND WERE TAKEN BY BUS TO TERMINAL.

BECAUSE OF THE COLD TEMPERATURE, ONE OF THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS SUFFER A LITTLE FROSTBITE TO A FINGER WHILE HOLDING AN O2 BOTTLE.  SHE WAS TREATED ON THE SEEN BY EMT(S).

MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL ARRIVED AND NOTICED A STRONG ODOR OF DEICE FLUID WHEN RUNNING APU BLEED SYSTEM WHICH DISSIPATED AFTER 15-20 MINUTES OF RUNNING THE PACKS.

IT APPEARS THAT DURING THE DEICING/ANTI-ICING PROCESS, FLUID WAS INJESTED INTO THE APU AND INTO THE BLEED/CONDITIONED AIR SYSTEM OF THE AIRCRAFT CAUSING SMOKE/FUMES.

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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