Envoy E145 near St. Louis on Jun 5th 2021, fire in cabin

Last Update: June 6, 2021 / 21:03:36 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 5, 2021

Classification
Incident

Airline
Envoy Air

Flight number
AA-4474

Departure
Little Rock, United States

Destination
Chicago O'Hare, United States

Aircraft Registration
N664MS

Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-145

ICAO Type Designator
E145

An Envoy Embraer ERJ-145, registration N664MS performing flight AA-4474 from Little Rock,AR to Chicago O'Hare,IL (USA) with 50 passengers and 3 crew, was enroute at FL250 about 80nm southsouthwest of St. Louis,MO (USA) when the crew donned their oxygen masks, reported a fire indication and decided to divert to St. Louis requesting runway 12R. During the approach the crew advised they had used their fire bottles, however, the indication didn't stop. The aircraft positioned for an approach to runway 06 and landed safely on runway 06 about 18 minutes after leaving FL250. The crew queried tower whether any smoke was visible from their tail, the tower reported seeing no smoke from their tail whatsoever.

St. Louis Tower told emergency services initially they had used their fire bottles and subsequently followed up the captain had just indicated there was an actual fire in the cabin and relocated the emergency services to the end of runway 06 advising the aircraft was coming in as fast as they could.

A replacement ERJ-145 registration N696AE reached Chicago with a delay of about 4 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in St. Louis about 24 hours after landing.

Later The Aviation Herald received information the #2 Air Cycle Machine had seized causing smoke in the cabin.
Aircraft Registration Data
Registration mark
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Country of Registration
United States
Date of Registration
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Manufacturer
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Aircraft Model / Type
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 5, 2021

Classification
Incident

Airline
Envoy Air

Flight number
AA-4474

Departure
Little Rock, United States

Destination
Chicago O'Hare, United States

Aircraft Registration
N664MS

Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-145

ICAO Type Designator
E145

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