Envoy E135 near Lexington on Dec 23rd 2014, burning electrical odour on board

Last Update: December 25, 2014 / 17:10:41 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 23, 2014

Classification
Incident

Airline
Envoy Air

Flight number
MQ-2914

Departure
Lexington, United States

Destination
Chicago O'Hare, United States

Aircraft Registration
N809AE

Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-135

ICAO Type Designator
E135

An Envoy Embraer ERJ-140 on behalf of American Airlines, registration N809AE performing flight MQ-2914/AA-2914 from Lexington,KY to Chicago O'Hare,IL (USA) with 17 passengers and 3 crew, was climbing out of Lexington when the crew stopped the climb at FL220 due to a burning eletrical odour on board. The aircraft returned to Lexington for a safe landing on runway 22 about 25 minutes after departure, vacated the runway and stopped on the adjacent taxiway for an inspection by emergency services. Emergency Services did not find any trace of fire, heat or smoke.

The flight was cancelled.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 23, 2014

Classification
Incident

Airline
Envoy Air

Flight number
MQ-2914

Departure
Lexington, United States

Destination
Chicago O'Hare, United States

Aircraft Registration
N809AE

Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-135

ICAO Type Designator
E135

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