Bombardier CL-600-2C10 N502AE

Summary

On 19 July 2012 at about 03:00 local time, a Bombardier CL-600-2C10 registered N502AE, operated by American Eagle Airlines Inc, was involved in an accident near Peoria, Illinois, United States. 57 people were on board and one was seriously injured. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

19 July 2012 at 03:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Peoria, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

General Downing-Peoria (PIA)

Coordinates

40.6642, -89.6933

Aircraft

Bombardier CL-600-2C10

Registration

N502AE

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

American Eagle Airlines Inc

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Denver → Chicago

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

CEN12LA457

1 person was seriously injured.

The emergency ground egress during which a passenger broke her ankle. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the environmental system, which allowed smoke from a nearby house fire to enter the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

While on approach to the airport, the flight crew smelled smoke in the airplane. The airplane landed without incident and the crew directed an emergency ground egress. During the ground egress, one passenger broke her ankle. A postflight review of the airplane found that the airplane was operating on a single environmental pack that failed during the final approach, resulting in ambient air entering the airplane via the ram air inlet. An assessment of the airplane did not find any on-board sources of smoke. However, smoke from a large house fire was present along the airplane's approach path and likely was the source of smoke detected by the crew.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.