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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Bombardier CL-600-2C11 · Newark, NJ · July 3, 2023

Date
July 3, 2023 · 19:17 local
Place
Newark, NJ
Airport
Newark Liberty International
Phase of flight
Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
N6WA
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N578GJ
Reported as
Bombardier CL-600-2C11
Reported engine
GE CF34-8C5B1
People aboard
47
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

During push back, just after the second engine start. The flight attendant called the flight deck after smelling and seeing smoke in the cabin. Upon notification to the flight deck the decision was made to evacuate the aircraft using the main cabin door, emergency commands were not used, passengers evacuated in an orderly fashion via the airstairs onto the ramp and gathered at the fence line by ground agents. Crash, fire, and rescue responded to the aircraft. No emergency was declared to ATC by the PIC. No injuries were reported by passengers or crew.

As the FAA filed it

DURING PUSH BACK, JUST AFTER THE SECOND ENGINE START. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT CALLED THE FLIGHT DECK AFTER SMELLING AND SEEING SMOKE IN THE CABIN. UPON NOTIFICATION TO THE FLIGHT DECK THE DECISION WAS MADE TO EVACUATE THE AIRCRAFT USING THE MAIN CABIN DOOR, EMERGENCY COMMANDS WERE NOT USED, PASSENGERS EVACUATED IN AN ORDERLY FASHION VIA THE AIRSTAIRS ONTO THE RAMP AND GATHERED AT THE FENCE LINE BY GROUND AGENTS. CRASH, FIRE, AND RESCUE RESPONDED TO THE AIRCRAFT. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED TO ATC BY THE PIC. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED BY PASSENGERS OR CREW.