# Incident 20060719016239I: Emb EMB135KL, Roscoe, IL, July 19, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2006, 09:30 local time
- Place: Roscoe, IL
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SIMA
- Location: 42.4256° N, 89.0095° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roscoe, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4256&lon=-89.0095&mi=10
- Aircraft: N857AE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N857AE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-135KL (registry code 3260302, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-135kl) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce AE3007 series (registry code 54582, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-ae3007-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB135KL
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060719016239I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 07/19/2006 AT APPROXIMATELY 0930 CDT THE HOME OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITT^ WAS STRUCK BY A LARGE PIECE OF ICE ESTIMATED TO WEIGHT IN EXCESS OF TEN POUNDS. ON SCENE INVESTIGATION BY THIS INSPECTOR AND INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA ^ DETERMINED THAT THE ICE HAD FALLEN FROM A PASSING AIRCRAFT. FROM THE COLOR AND CLARITY OF THE ICE THAT HAD BEEN PRESERVED BY ^PRIVACY DATA ^ IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ICE CAME FROM THE AIRCRAFT POTABLE WATER SYSTEM. THE ICE PENETRATED THE ROOF AND CEILING OF ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ HOME STRIKING A TELEVISION SET IN THE FAMILY ROOM OF THE HOUSE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO OCCUPANTS OF THE HOME. A REVIEW OF THE RADAR PLOT PROVIDED TO THIS OFFICE BY RFD APPROACH CONTROL INDICATED FOUR JET AIRCRAFT IN THE VICINITY OF THE ^PRIVACY D^ HOME AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THREE OF THE FOUR AIRCRAFT WERE AIR CARRIERS OPERATING UNDER CFR 14 PART 121 AND ONE WAS PRIVATELY OWNED OPERATING UNDER CFR 14 PART 91. AN INSPECTION AND REVIEW OF MAINTENANCE RECORDS ON ALL FOUR AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT ONLY ONE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND TO HAVE A LEAK IN THE DRAIN AND SERVICING POINT OF THE POTABLE WATER SYSTEM AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE FACTS LEAD TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE LEAKS IN THEPOTABLE WATER SYSTEM ALLOWED ICE TO FORM ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE AIRCRAFT AT CRUISE ALTITUDE. AS THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED INTO WARMER AIR THE ICE SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND STRUCK THE ^PRIVACY D^ HOME. AMERICAN EAGLE FLIGHT 354 WAS OPERATING IN THE VICINITY OF THE ^PRIVACY DAT^ HOME AT 19,000 FT AT 0922 CDT. ON 07/20/2006 THIS AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND ON INSPECTION TO HAVE LEAKS AT THE DRAIN AND SERVICE POINT OF THE POTABLE WATER SYSTEM. THERE ARE NO EYE WITNESSED TO VERIFY THE POSSIBLE CAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT BEYOND THE INVESTIGATORS CONCLUSIONS WHICH ARE BASED ON CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.

## Other reports on N857AE (1)

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

- [Incident 20041101027189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041101027189I), Nov 1, 2004: Emb EMB135KL (N857AE), Miami, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Flight 4350, operated by American eagle from cleveland to Miami, was descending through 15,000 feet on the approach to Miami when a large bird struck the…

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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