# Incident 20011015029709I: Emb EMB145, Pittsburgh, PA, October 15, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 2001, 10:15 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Greater Pittsburgh International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: RAIA
- Location: 40.4406° N, 79.9959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburgh, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4406&lon=-79.9959&mi=10
- Aircraft: UNKNOWN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB145
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011015029709I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 15, 2001, IT WAS REPORTED THAT TRANSTATES AIRLINES FLIGHT #5257, AN EMB145, REPORTED A DOOR INDICATION AND DESCENDED TO 10,000 FEET AND LATER LANDED, ARFF RESPONDED AND THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT FURTHER 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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