Bombardier CL-600-2B19 N8783E
19 March 2006 · Asheville, North Carolina, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 19 March 2006 at about 12:19 local time, a Bombardier CL-600-2B19 registered N8783E, operated by Pinnacle Airlines, Inc, was involved in an incident near Asheville, North Carolina, United States. 33 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 12:19
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- Asheville, North Carolina, United States
- Nearest airport
- Asheville Regional Airport (AVL)
- Coordinates
- 35.4361, -82.5417
- Aircraft
- Bombardier CL-600-2B19
- Registration
- N8783E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Pinnacle Airlines, Inc
- Operating rule
- Part 121: Air Carrier
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Ashville → Covington
- Aircraft damage
- Minor
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ATL06IA054
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
Probable cause
The improper installation of the pilot's windshield by company maintenance personnel, which resulted in flame and smoke in the cockpit, and subsequent emergency landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
According to the flight crew, while climbing through 17,000 feet, the captain smelled smoke. A few seconds later flames and smoke started shooting out of the lower left windshield. The captain believed it was the windshield heat unit. The first officer turned off the windshield heat and the flames went out, but the smoke persisted. The captain declared an emergency with air traffic controllers and returned to the Asheville Regional Airport. Examination of the windshield found that the overheat damage was the result of an improperly installed fastener that resulted in arcing between the terminal block lug, the aircraft wiring eyelet and the fastener and lock washer that secures the two components together. The arcing progressed over time degrading the solder junction between the terminal block and the windshield heating system braid wire that resulted in heat damage to the sealant and the subsequent flame.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Bombardier CL-600 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 May 2006 | Bombardier CL-600-2D24 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Mesa Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 31 Oct 2006 | Bombardier CL-600-2B16 | Teterboro, New Jersey, United States | Bombardier Business Jet Solu | Serious injuries | - |
| 9 Feb 2006 | Bombardier CL-600 | Aspen, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Apr 2007 | Bombardier CL-600-2B19 | Lake Michigan, Michigan, United States | Mesa Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 17 Oct 2005 | Bombardier CL-600-2B19 | West Grove, Pennsylvania, United States | PSA Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 26 Oct 2005 | Bombardier CL-600-2C10 | Covington, Kentucky, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Apr 2006 | Beechcraft C90A | Raleigh, North Carolina, United States | Carolina Air Charter, Inv | No injuries | - |
| 22 Oct 2006 | Cessna 182T | Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States | Thomas Allen Lyndon | Fatal | 2 |
| 21 Oct 2006 | Cessna A188B | New Bern, North Carolina, United States | William James Brinkley | Minor injuries | - |
| 24 Jul 2006 | Bombardier F86 | Hickory, North Carolina, United States | Silas W. Fuller | Fatal | 1 |
| 3 Sep 2006 | Brown Floyd L CHRISTEN EAGLE II | Topsail Beach, North Carolina, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 27 Oct 2006 | Cirrus SR22 | Statesville, North Carolina, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |