# Incident 20050519008669I: Emb EMB145LR, St Louis, MO, May 19, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 2005, 09:25 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert-St Louis International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: RAIA
- Location: 39.2690° N, 94.7306° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2690&lon=-94.7306&mi=10
- Aircraft: N814HK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB145LR
- Reported engine: ALLSN AE3007A
- People aboard: 54
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,300 total, 4,300 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05IA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05IA116) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050519008669I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 19, 2005, AT ABOUT 09:25 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, TRANS STATES AIRLINES FLIGHT 5699, AN EMBRAER EMB-145LR AIRPLANE, N814HK, SUSTAINED UNCONTAINED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT ENGINE, A ROLLS ROYCE AE3007A1 TURBOFAN, AS THE AIRPLANE WAS CLIMBING THROUGH FL 310 NEAR KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED THAT AS THE AIRPLANE WAS CLIMBING THROUGH FL 310, THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED A LOUD CRASHING NOISE IN THE REAR OF THE CABIN. ADDITIONALLY, A PASSENGER REPORTED SEEING A FLASH FROM THE LEFT ENGINE. THE CAPTAIN STATED THAT HE VISUALLY CHECKED THE LEFT ENGINE AND SAW A HOLE IN THE COWL. THE CAPTAIN ALSO REPORTED THE LEFT ENGINE'S N1 AND N2 RPM AND INTERTURBINE TEMPERATURE WERE LOWER THAN THE RIGHT ENGINE AND THAT THE AIRPLANE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE TO CRUISE SPEED. THE FLIGHT CREW KEPT THE LEFT ENGINE RUNNING, BUT ELECTED TO RETURN TO ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE CREW REPORTED THAT WHILE THEY WERE APPROACHING ST. LOUIS AND RETARDED THE POWER LEVERS TO IDLE, THEY HAD THEIR FIRST INDICATION OF VIBRATION FROM THE LEFT ENGINE. THE CREW STATED THAT THEY THEN SHUTDOWN THE LEFT ENGINE AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. NO INJURIES TO CREW, 49 PASSENGERS & 2 LAP CHILDREN.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI05IA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05IA116), May 19, 2005: Embraer EMB-145LR (N814HK), Kansas City, MO, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The fatigue failure during cruise flight of the fan spinner and forward fan retaining ring due to an interference between the mating parts resulting from the inadequate design by the manufacturer.

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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