# Incident 20131209022259I: Embraer EMB-145LR, Covinton, KY, December 9, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 2013, 19:28 local time
- Place: Covinton, KY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SIMA
- Aircraft: N674RJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N674RJ-2021-06-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-145LR (registry code 3260212, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-145lr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce AE3007 series (registry code 54582, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-ae3007-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER EMB-145LR
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC AE3007 SER
- People aboard: 53
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131209022259I

## Narrative

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

N674RJ HAD BEEN IN CVG FOR SEVERAL DAYS WITH ICE AND SNOW BUILT UP. THEY WERE DEICED AND DEPARTED CVG. AFTER TAKE OFF THERE WAS SMOKE AND SMELL IN CABIN, CREW ELECTED TO RETURN AND LANDED ON SAME RUNWAY IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF TAKE OFF. AFTER LANDING CFR REPORTEDLY TOLD THE CREW THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM THE AFT OF THE AIRPLANE AND THEY SHOULD EVACUATE. THAT SMOKE TURNED OUT TO BE STEAM FROM THE APU EXHAUST.

FINDINGS WERE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF GLYCOL IN ENGINE COWLS. EVERYTHING WAS CLEANED AND ENGINES RAN FOR HOURS TO ASSURE THERE WAS NO OTHER SOURCE OF THE SMOKE/SMELL.

## Other reports on N674RJ (2)

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

- [Incident 20190816014339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190816014339I), Aug 16, 2019: Embraer EMB-145LR (N674RJ), O'Hare, IL, Minor damage. With pax on board, a fuel truck, operated by menzies aviation, drove into rear right wingtip area causing damage to wingtip, aileron, and wing. Aircraft…
- [Incident 20040708022739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040708022739I), Jul 8, 2004: Emb EMB145LR (N674RJ), Buffalo, NY. (-23) On 07/08/2004 an Emb-145, N674RJ (s/n 145000801), operated by American eagle airlines inc. (sima) diverted into buf after the crew "had load pop around…

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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