# Incident 20140127000559I: Embraer ERJ170-200LR, Chicago, IL, January 27, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 2014, 19:10 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago O'Hare International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: R61A
- Location: 41.9769° N, 87.9081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO O'HARE INTL (ORD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9769&lon=-87.9081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N406YX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N406YX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer S A ERJ 170-200 LR (registry code 3260415, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-s-a-erj-170-200-lr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF34-8E5 (registry code 30061, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-8e5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER ERJ170-200LR
- Reported engine: GE CF34-8E5
- People aboard: 61
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140127000559I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 27, 2014, REPUBLIC AIRLINES FLIGHT 4309, RONALD REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT (DCA) - CHICAGO O'HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (ORD), N406YX,  WAS EVACUATED AFTER PARKING AT THE GATE.  THE CAPTAIN INITIATED AN EVACUATION AFTER SEEING SMOKE AND INDICATIONS OF FIRE OUTSIDE THE FLIGHT DECK WINDOW. ALL EXITS WERE USED AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.  FLIGHT ATTENDANTS ESTIMATED EVACUATION TIME AT ONE MINUTE FIFTEEN SECONDS.  CAUSE OF THE SMOKE AND FIRE WAS ATTRIBUTED TO GROUND PERSONNEL CONNECTING A GROUND POWER UNIT PLUG CONTAMINATED WITH  ICE AND GLYCOL TO THE AIRCRAFT.

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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