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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bombardier BD-500-1A11 · Chicago, IL · June 5, 2026

Date
June 5, 2026 · 16:30 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Chicago O'Hare International
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
Operator
ARNF
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
C-GYLQ
Reported as
Bombardier BD-500-1A11
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PW1500G
People aboard
136
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.

On climb out from ord through FL210 flight deck received a right engine fire indication. Captain (pilot flying) called for the ecl right engine fire procedure. The fire indication extinguished after selecting the fire engine switch and discharging one bottle of fire suppression. A mayday was declared & request to return to ord was made. Flight landed safely in ord, met by ARFF on the runway. ARFF advised that no external concerns were observed.

With support from pratt & whitney and Airbus Canada, the decision to change the right engine was made.

As the FAA filed it

ON CLIMB OUT FROM ORD THROUGH FL210 FLIGHT DECK RECEIVED A RIGHT ENGINE FIRE INDICATION. CAPTAIN (PILOT FLYING) CALLED FOR THE ECL RIGHT ENGINE FIRE PROCEDURE. THE FIRE INDICATION EXTINGUISHED AFTER SELECTING THE FIRE ENGINE SWITCH AND DISCHARGING ONE BOTTLE OF FIRE SUPPRESSION. A MAYDAY WAS DECLARED & REQUEST TO RETURN TO ORD WAS MADE. FLIGHT LANDED SAFELY IN ORD, MET BY ARFF ON THE RUNWAY. ARFF ADVISED THAT NO EXTERNAL CONCERNS WERE OBSERVED.

WITH SUPPORT FROM PRATT & WHITNEY AND AIRBUS CANADA, THE DECISION TO CHANGE THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS MADE.