# Incident 20231014011499I: Bombardier Inc CL-600-2D24, Philadelphia, PA, October 14, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 2023, 21:05 local time
- Place: Philadelphia, PA
- Airport: Philadelphia International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: VNAA
- Location: 39.8721° N, 75.2407° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHILADELPHIA INTL (PHL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8721&lon=-75.2407&mi=10
- Aircraft: N598NN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N598NN) (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: 80
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231014011499I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 14, 2023, AT APPROXIMATELY 09:05 PM EDT., ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, REJECTED TAKEOFF BELOW 80 KNOTS DUE TO SMOKE IN THE CABIN. FLIGHT ATTENDANTS NOTIFIED THE PILOTS USING THE EMER CALL INTERPHONE AND POUNDING ON THE FLIGHT DECK DOOR. AS SOON AS THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS INITIATED AN EVACUATION WITHOUT PROMPTS FROM THE PILOTS. BOTH FLIGHT ATTENDANTS MADE THE CALL TO EVACUATE BECAUSE THE “CABIN WAS FILLING WITH SMOKE AND PASSENGERS WERE PANICKING” ALL FOUR EMERGENCY EXITS WERE USED. PASSENGERS AT ROW 15 AND BEHIND USED THE EMERGENCY EXITS WHILE THOSE FORWARD OF ROW 15 USED THE MAIN CABIN DOOR. ONE PASSENGER WAS EXAMINED FOR AN ASTHMA ATTACK BY EMS AND RELEASED AT THE SCENE. NO OTHER ISSUES OR INJURIES.

INVESTIGATION:

SERVICE DIFFICLUTY REPORT (SDR) IDENTIFIED THE RIGHT-HAND AIR CYCLE MACHINE (ACM) AS BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR CASUING THE SMOKE IN THE CABIN.    THE PART WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^MAINTEANCE TECHNICIANS.  MAINTENANCE RECORDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EVENT WERE REVIEWED BY A MEMBER OF THE AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE MANAGEMENT TEAM AND VERIFIED THAT MAINTENACE PROCEDURES WERE CORRECTLY ACCOMPLISHED.

INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED WITH BOTH FLIGHT ATTENDANTS.  BOTH FLIGHT ATTENDANTS HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FOR AT LEAST 4 YEARS. THE OVERRIDING CONCERN BOTH FLIGHT ATTENDANTS ARTICULATED, WAS THAT THE SMOKE AND BURNING RUBBER SMELL IN THE CABIN CONTINUED TO INTENSIFY AS THE PILOTS APPLIED TAKEOFF POWER.     BECAUSE OF THIS, THEY BOTH REACHED THE CONCLUSION COLLECTIVELY THAT THEY NEEDED TO IMMEDIATELY EVACUATE THE AIRCRAFT AS SOON AS IT CAME TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY.      THE EVACUATION WAS EXECUTED WITHOUT ANY INJURIES TO PASSENGERS OR CREW.     BOTH FLIGHT ATTENDANTS STATED THAT THEY FELT THEIR TRAINING ADEQUATELY PREPARED THEM FOR THIS INCIDENT.     THE ACTIONS OF THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS ARE JUSTIFIABLE BASED ON THE TOTALITY OF THE EVENT.

## Other reports on N598NN (1)

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

- [Incident 20171009016399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171009016399I), Oct 9, 2017: Bombardier, CL-600-2D24 (N598NN), Wilmington, NC, Minor damage. During take off roll N598NN struck a coyote crossing runway 24 at approximately 140 knots. The crew continued the takeoff and notified the tower they would be…

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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