# Incident 19981007040499I: Emb EMB145, Fort Wayne, IN, October 7, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 1998, 15:56 local time
- Place: Fort Wayne, IN
- Airport: Fort Wayne Municipal - Baer Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SIMA
- Location: 41.1306° N, 85.1289° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Wayne, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1306&lon=-85.1289&mi=10
- Aircraft: N600BK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB145
- People aboard: 52
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,061 total, 144 in this make and model, 144 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981007040499I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-5)AMERICAN EAGLE FLIGHT 005, E-145, ENROUTE FORM O'HARA AIRPORT TO COLUMBUS (CMH), THE PILOT ADVISED OF A CRACKED WINDSHILD AND DIVERTED TO FT. WAYNE, INDIANA. THE A/C LANDED AT FT. WAYNE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT 072056Z WITHOUT INCIDENT.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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