# NTSB WPR09WA249: Embraer EMB145, Kemi, Finland, December 11, 2008

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: December 11, 2008, 22:53 local (22:53 UTC)
- Place: Kemi, Finland
- Coordinates: 65.778335, 24.575555 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=65.7783&lon=24.5756&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Taxi-from runway: Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 25 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 73865
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR09WA249
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/73865/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09WA249

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Taxi-from runway: Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 504 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On December 11, 2008, at 2253 universal coordinated time, an Embraer EMB145, registration OH-EBE, sustained minor damage to the tailcone after the Auxillary Power Unit (APU) caught fire during taxi after landing at Kemi-Tornio Airport, Kemi, Finland. The airplane was being operated by Finnish Commuter Airlines Oy. The 2 pilots, 1 cabin crew member, and 22 passengers were not injured. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of, and is being investigated by, the Accident Investigation Board of Finland. This report is for information purposes only and contains information released by the Accident Investigation Board. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Accident Investigation Board Finland Sörnäisten rantatie 33 C FI-00500 Helsinki Finland

## Aircraft

- Registration: OH-EBE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER EMB145
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 145351
- Damage: Minor damage
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Finnish Commuter Airlines Oy
- Registered owner: Celestial Aviation Trading 24 Limited
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: EFHK, Helsinki-Vantaa
- Destination: EFKE, Kemi-Tornio
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: EFKE, Kemi Tornio

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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