# Incident 20050801025349I: Emb EMB145LR, Newark, NJ, August 1, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 2005
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Airport: Newark International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 40.7242° N, 74.1726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newark, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7242&lon=-74.1726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16911, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16911-2023-05-16) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,220 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 220 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050801025349I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 16, 2005, AIRCRAFT N16911 WAS OUTBOUND WHILE BEING TOWED, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF RIGHT SIDE GEAR DOOR, INTERNAL WHEEL WELL RIGHT SIDE AND NLG AUX DRAG STRUT. NTSB WAS NOTIFIED, A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER FOR THE NTSB INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND ASSESSED THE DAMAGE TO BE MINIMAL AND CLASSIFIED IT AS AN INCIDENT. CONTINENTAL EXPRESS, N16911, EMB-145, FLIGHT NUMBER 2319.

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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