ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 314483
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| Date: | Thursday 21 July 2011 |
| Time: | 10:36 |
| Type: |  Bombardier DHC-8-402Q Dash 8 |
| Owner/operator: | Flybe |
| Registration: | G-ECOF |
| MSN: | 4216 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2008 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & whitney Canada Pw150A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 51 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | 25 nm south-west of Carlisle -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Newquay-Cornwall Airport (NQY/EGHQ) |
| Edinburgh-Turnhouse Airport (EDI/EGPH) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
In the cruise at FL240, the aircraft generated a spurious SMOKE warning from the forward baggage compartment.
The crew assumed the warning was valid and carried out checklist actions designed to tackle fire or smoke from an unknown source. This resulted in power being removed from the co-pilot’s flight displays, the autopilot, the Instrument Landing System (ILS), the transponder, the CVR and FDR, and caused the aircraft to begin to depressurise. The aircraft landed safely at Edinburgh following a Surveillance Radar Approach (SRA), vacated the runway and the passengers were evacuated onto a taxiway.
The investigation indicated that the spurious warning was probably caused by an intermittent short-circuit in a smoke detector connector as a result of moisture ingress.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ENG11RA042
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 October 2016 | G-ECOF | Flybe | 0 | Belfast City Airport (BHD/EGAC) | |
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| Inflight smoke | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jun-2023 17:44 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
| 05-Jun-2023 12:32 | harro | Updated |
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