# Incident 20060502007249I: Emb EMB145XR, Houston, TX, May 2, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 2006, 16:02 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Houston Intercontinental Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: C2XA
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12166, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N12166) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-145XR (registry code 3260214, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-145xr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce AE3007 series (registry code 54582, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-ae3007-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB145XR
- People aboard: 48
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,922 total, 3,345 in this make and model, 165 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060502007249I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT N12166, FLIGHT 3161, BLEW BOTH LEFT MAIN TIRES ON TAKEOFF. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED GEORGE BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT HOUSTON, TEXAS (IAH) AT 4:02 PM CDT ENROUTE TO MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA. THERE WERE 48 SOULS ON BOARD (45 PAX AND 3 CREW). THE CREW, AFTER DETERMINING THAT THE TIRES WERE BLOWN OPTED TO RETURN TO IAH. BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF FUEL ONBOARD THE CREW DECIDED TO BURN-OFF SOME FUEL BEFORE ATTEMPTING THE LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY AT 6:20 CDT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND THERE WERE NO FATALITIES OR INJURIES. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT FLAP, FUSELAGE, AND ENGINE. THERE WAS NO FIRE OR PROPERTY DAMAGE.

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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