# Incident 20030604011999I: Emb EMB145, Boston, MA, June 4, 2003 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: June 4, 2003, 08:41 local time - Place: Boston, MA - Airport: General Edward Lawrence Logan - Phase of flight: Final Approach - Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121) - Operator: CHQA - Location: 42.3629° N, 71.0064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE LOGAN INTL (BOS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3629&lon=-71.0064&mi=10 - Aircraft: N260SK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N260SK-2023-02-02) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Embraer EMB-145 (registry code 3260210, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-145) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Allison AE-3007A (registry code 03030, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-ae-3007a) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: EMB EMB145 - People aboard: 25 - Fatal injuries: 0 - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030604011999I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23) DATE: JUNE 4, 2003 LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BOSTON MA (BOS) 10:30 EDT ASI: DONALD E. SMALL N260SK DORNIER EMB-145-145 S/N 3145128 FSDO-01 WEDNESDAY 06/04/2003 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CHAUTAUQUA AIRLINES D/B/A US AIRWAYS EXPRESS, FLIGHT #4890, EMB-145, N260SK, 6/4/03 WHILE LANDING RUNWAY 22R AT BOSTON HAD IN INSPECTION PANEL FALL FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND LAND ON A ROADWAY IN SWAMPSCOTT MA. ON JUNE 4, 2003, AT 90:23, THE NEW ENGLAND OPERATIONS CENTER IN BURLINGTON (MA) WAS NOTIFIED BY THE SWAMPSCOTT POLICE THAT A ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REPORTED THAT AT APPROXIMATELY 08:41 HOURS WHILE HE WAS DRIVING ON THE LYNN WAY IN THE AREA OF ATLANTIC TOYOTA, HIS VEHICLE WAS STRUCK BY A PIECE OF METAL WHICH FELL FROM THE SKY. HE BELIEVES HE OBSERVED AN AIRCRAFT IN THE PROCESS OF LANDING AT BOSTON WHEN THIS INCIDENT TOOK PLACE. THIS PIECE OF METAL THAT HE DESCRIBES IS 12 X 18 INCHES, EGG SHAPED, WITH HOLES IN IT. ^PRIVACY DAT^ STOPPED HIS VEHICLE AND PICKED UP THIS PIECE OF METAL. ^PRIVACY DAT^ THEN GAVE THE METAL PANEL TO THE SWAMPSCOTT POLICE WHO IN TURN GAVE IT TO MASSACHUSETTS STATE POLICE TROOP F AT LOGAN. WHEN ^PRIVACY DAT^ RETURNED HOME HE WAS SO TRAUMATIZED BY THE INCIDENT HE CALLED THE SWAMPSCOTT FIRE-RESCUE COMPLAINING OF CHEST PAINS. ^PRIVACY DAT^ WAS TRANSPORTED TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL. I AM NOT SURE OF HIS CONDITION AT THIS TIME. THE PANEL WAS TRACED TO A CHAUTAUQUA AIRLINES, EMB-135, N260SK, AND EMB-145-145, LOCATED ON THE RAMP AT LOGAN. AT APPROXIMATELY 10:00 THIS OFFICE WAS CONTACTED BY THE NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL OPERATIONS CENTER CONCERNING THE PANEL. CHAUTAUQUA MAINTENANCE IN BOSTON WERE CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THEY DID HAVE A FUEL PUMP PANEL MISSING FROM THE RIGHT WHEEL WELL ON N260SK. A MECHANIC AT CHAUTAUQUA STATED THAT THERE HAD BEEN MAINTENANCE PERFORMED THE PREVIOUS NIGHT IN INDIANAPOLIS AND PERHAPS THE PANEL WAS NOT REINSTALLED AT THAT TIME. THE PMI WAS CONTACTED (ROBERT G. JUSTESEN) AT THE CHAUTAUQUA CMO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE PMI STATED THAT MECHANICS WERE PERFORMING AN ENGINEERING ORDER (EO) IN THAT AREA THE NIGHT BEFORE AND HE HAS ALL OF THE COMPLETED PAPER WORK FOR THAT EO. ## Other reports on N260SK (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20050813018169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050813018169I), Aug 13, 2005: Emb EMB145LR (N260SK), Coraopolis, PA. (-23) Aircraft diverted and landed on runway 28R after reporting a problem with the number 2 engine. No evacuation reported, no injuries reported. - [Incident 20010104002909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010104002909I), Jan 4, 2001: Emb EMB145 (N260SK), Newburgh, NY. (-23) Flight 4857 was inbound to lga and a flap fail message illuminated the flight diverted to ewr and landed without incident. Maintenance from lga 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.