# Incident 20240104000019I: Bombarier CL-600-2D24, Sacramento, CA, January 4, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 2024, 11:52 local time
- Place: Sacramento, CA
- Airport: Sacramento International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: NZAF
- Location: 38.6954° N, 121.5908° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SACRAMENTO INTL (SMF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6954&lon=-121.5908&mi=10
- Aircraft: C-GJZS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOMBARIER CL-600-2D24
- 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/20240104000019I

## Narrative

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

ON DESCENT INTO SMF, CREW RECEIVED LH FADEC CAUTION MESSAGE.  QRH ACTIONED AND ENGINE PULLED TO FLIGHT IDLE.  ALL ENGINE PARAMETERS NORMAL.  PAN PAN WAS DECLARED, AND FLIGHT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY.

MTC FOUND DIAGNOSTIC CODE FAULT FOR THRUST REVERSER ACTUATOR LVDT OUT OF RANGE.  DEACTIVATION AND MEL OF LH TR CARRIED OUT, GROUND RUNS PERFORMED, AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.  SUBSEQUENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, JAN 05, ON TAXI OUT THE CREW AGAIN RECEIVED LH FADEC CAUTION MESSAGE.  FOLLOW-UP MAINTENANCE CARRIED OUT WIRING CHECKS AND REPLACEMENT OF LH FADEC.  THE TR SYSTEM WAS REACTIVATED, ENGINE RUNS CARRIED OUT AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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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