# Incident 20031123029899I: Emb EMB145LR, Indianapolis, IN, November 23, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 2003, 18:00 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Indianapolis International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SIMA
- Location: 39.7173° N, 86.2946° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INDIANAPOLIS INTL (IND), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7173&lon=-86.2946&mi=10
- Aircraft: N653AE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N653AE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-145LR (registry code 3260212, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-145lr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce AE-3007A1P (registry code 54571, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-ae-3007a1p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB145LR
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031123029899I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 11/23/03 AMERICAN EAGLE FLIGHT 4007 EN ROUTE ORD TO IND. 40 MILES NW OF IND, THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO A LIGHTNING STRIKE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AT IND. THE LOWER FORWARD FUSELAGE HAS SEVERAL BURNED SPOTS. THE VERTICAL FIN TAIL CONE HAD BURNED AREA AROUND THE NAVIGATION LIGHT HOUSING. THERE WERE ALSO MULTIPLE BURNED RIVETS ON THE TAIL CONE. A LIGHTNING STRIKE INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED.

## Other reports on N653AE (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20060513029749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060513029749A), May 13, 2006: Emb EMB145LR (N653AE), Winchester, VA. (-23) On may 12, 2006 about 1600 eastern daylight time, a passenger was seriously injured when an Embraer 145LR, N653AE, operating as American eagle flight…

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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