# Incident 20021015031499I: Emb EMB145LR, Little Rock, AR, October 15, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 2002, 07:08 local time
- Place: Little Rock, AR
- Airport: Adams Field
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MASA
- Location: 34.7465° N, 92.2896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Little Rock, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7465&lon=-92.2896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N855MJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N855MJ-2020-01-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-145LR (registry code 3260212, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-145lr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce AE3007 series (registry code 54582, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-ae3007-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB145LR
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,625 total, 932 in this make and model, 165 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021015031499I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 10/15/2002 MESA FLT 5776 DEPARTED LIT FOR CLY IN AIRCRAFT N855MJ A EMB 145 LR. ON CLIMB OUT A TEST OF THE ICING SYSTEM WAS PERFORMED, DURING THIS TEST A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD, AND EICAS MESSAGES OF LAV SMOKE, BLEED NO 1 LEAK, WING ANTIC FAIL AND OTHER EICAS ASSOCIATED MESSAGES WERE INDICATED. CHECKLIST WAS RUN AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO LIT WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED BLOWN DUCT, COUPLINGS, ORLINGS AND INSULATION BLANKET. GROUND CHECKED RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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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