# Incident 20160812014289I: Bombardier Inc CL-600-2D24, Charlotte, NC, August 12, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2016, 08:14 local time
- Place: Charlotte, NC
- Airport: Charlotte/Douglas International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: VNAA
- Location: 35.2132° N, 80.9514° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHARLOTTE/DOUGLAS INTL (CLT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2132&lon=-80.9514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N552NN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N552NN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bombardier CL-600-2D24 (registry code 1390016, https://openairdocs.org/model/bombardier-cl-600-2d24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF34-8C5 (registry code 30050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-8c5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2D24
- Reported engine: GE CF34-8C5
- People aboard: 67
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160812014289I

## Narrative

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

ON INITIAL APPROACH TO CLT, FLIGHT 5490, N552NN, A CRJ 900, THE CREW NOTICED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. THE CREW DONNED THEIR O2 MASKS AND RAN THE QRH AT WHICH TIME THE SMOKE DISPERSED. THEY DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND CONTINUED ON APPROACH FOR RWY 18R. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS CALLED AND STATED THEY NOTICED SMOKE IN THE CABIN. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AND TAXIED OFF ON TO TWY W PULLING INTO A LARGE AREA ON INTERSECTING TAXIWAYS FOR FIRE PERSONNEL TO INSPECT THE AIRCRAFT. SMOKE CAME BACK WITH AN INDICATION OF A TEMPERATURE INCREASE ON THE LT PACK WITH AN ASSOCIATED CAUTION MESSAGE. FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WERE CALLED AND AN EVACUATION WAS MADE UTILIZING THE MAIN CABIN DOOR ONLY. PASSENGERS WERE THEN BUSSED TO THE TERMINAL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SHUT DOWN USING THE EVACUATION CHECKLIST.

MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOOTING LED TO ISSUES WITH THE LEFT PACK WHICH WAS DEFERRED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. THE ACM WAS LATER REMOVED AND REPLACED.  FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF RECENT AIR CONDITIONING EVENTS IS ONGOING IN THE CARRIERS CASS.

REVIEWED 09-08-2016 EOC

UPDATED BLOCK 42 TO READ AIRWORTHINESS ISSUE. 09-19-2016 EOC

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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