# Incident 20001207037849I: Emb EMB135LR, Richmond, VA, December 7, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 2000, 10:27 local time
- Place: Richmond, VA
- Airport: Richmond International - Byrd Field
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SIMA
- Location: 37.5538° N, 77.4603° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Richmond, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5538&lon=-77.4603&mi=10
- Aircraft: N705AE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N705AE-2019-03-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-135LR (registry code 3260305, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-135lr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison AE-3007A (registry code 03030, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-ae-3007a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB135LR
- Reported engine: ALLSN AE3007A
- People aboard: 16
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001207037849I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 12/07/00 AMERICAN EAGLES AIRLINES FLIGHT 4537 HAD A LOW OIL PRESSURE WARNING ON THE NUMBER 1 ENGINE WHILE AT FL12 THIRTY MILES OUT FROM RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE FLIGHT CREW FOLLOWED QUICK REFERENCE HANDBOOK PROCEDURES AND PERFORMED A PRECAUTIONARY OF THE NUMBER 1 ENGINE AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY ON RUNWAY 34 AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP. AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINESMAINTENANCE PERSONNEL DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE STARTER FAILED. THE STARTED DRIVE SHAFT SHEARED AND DAMAGED THE ACCESSORY OIL SEAL ALLOWING THE ENGINE OIL TO BE PUMPED OUT OF THE ENGINE. THE STARTED AND OIL SEAL WERE REPLACED.

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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