# Incident 20050325009449I: Emb EMB145LR, Richmond, VA, March 25, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 2005, 14:36 local time
- Place: Richmond, VA
- Airport: Richmond International - Byrd Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: RAIA
- 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: N808HK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N808HK-2015-09-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-145EP (registry code 3260221, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-145ep) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison AE-3007A1/1 (registry code 03048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-ae-3007a1-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB145LR
- People aboard: 53
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 175 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050325009449I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 25, 2005, N808HK, AN EMBRAER 145 AIRCRAFT OPERATED AS TRANS STATES AIRLINES FLIGHT 3588 MADE AN AIR RETURN TO RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AFTER EXPERIENCING A #2 ENGINE FIRE INDICATION ON CLIMB OUT. THE FLIGHT CREW SHUTDOWN THE #2 ENGINE AND THE FIRE WARNING INDICATION EXTINGUISHED, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT RIC WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AND TAXIED TO THE GATE. ON INSPECTION OF THE #2 ENGINE, SOME OVERHEAT INDICATIONS WERE FOUND BUT NO EVIDENC OF FIRE. FURTHER INSPECTION IDENTIFIED MELTED SPAGHETTI WRAP ON A DRAIN LINE, THE RUBBER PORTION OF AN ADEL CLAMP ON A BLEED LINE WAS PARTIALLY MELTED, THE HYDRAULIC DRAIN LINE SIGHT GLASS WAS BROKEN, AND THE PRESENCE OF FIBER DEBRIS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIED TO THE HANGAR. ONCE THERE, THE UPPER COWLING WAS REMOVED AND THE HIGH-PRESSURE OUTPUT BLEED TUBE WAS FOUND RUPTURED. THE COWLING WAS INSPECTED AND A CRACKED STIFFENER WAS FOUND IN THE UPPER COWLING. REPAIRS WERE MADE AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROVED FOR RETURN.

## Other reports on N808HK (2)

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

- [Incident 20020702016329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020702016329I), Jul 2, 2002: Emb EMB145ER (N808HK), Pittsburgh, PA. (-23) On July 2, 2002 trans states flight #5311 returned to pit due to lav smoke icas message. The aircraft landed on runway 28R ARFF responded and the…
- [Incident 20010616012819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010616012819I), Jun 16, 2001: Emb EMB145ER (N808HK), Pittsburgh, PA. (-23) On June 16, 2001, at 1055E, an Emb-145-ER, s/n 145157, registered as N808HK and operating as raia flight #5277, aborted takeoff when a #2 ahrs fail…

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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