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EMB145 flight crew has EICAS message 'lavatory smoke;' diverts and lands.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 694649 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200604 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : cmi.airport |
| State Reference | IL |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : cmi.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 145 ER&LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 694649 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : eicas warning/lav smoke other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : landed as precaution other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Departing cmi; received lavatory smoke indication on EICAS shortly after takeoff. Completed checklist; and EICAS message extinguished. Approximately 3 mins later; lavatory smoke EICAS message reappeared and cycled on and off continuously. Decision to return to cmi made; and diversion successfully completed without incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: EMB145 FLT CREW HAS EICAS MESSAGE 'LAVATORY SMOKE;' DIVERTS AND LANDS.
Narrative: DEPARTING CMI; RECEIVED LAVATORY SMOKE INDICATION ON EICAS SHORTLY AFTER TKOF. COMPLETED CHKLIST; AND EICAS MESSAGE EXTINGUISHED. APPROX 3 MINS LATER; LAVATORY SMOKE EICAS MESSAGE REAPPEARED AND CYCLED ON AND OFF CONTINUOUSLY. DECISION TO RETURN TO CMI MADE; AND DIVERSION SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED WITHOUT INCIDENT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.