# Incident 20070730826329I: Emb EMB145LR, Madison, WI, July 30, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2007, 22:00 local time
- Place: Madison, WI
- Airport: Dane County Regional-Truax Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SIMA
- Location: 43.1399° N, 89.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DANE COUNTY RGNL/TRUAX FLD (MSN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1399&lon=-89.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N908AE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N908AE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-145LR (registry code 3260212, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-145lr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce AE3007 series (registry code 54582, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-ae3007-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB145LR
- People aboard: 33
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,984 total, 3,975 in this make and model, 258 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070730826329I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 30, 2007, AT 1000 CST, AMERICAN EAGLE FLIGHT 683, AN EMB-145, REGISTRATION N908AE, LANDED AT MSN ON RUNWAY 36. LANDING WAS NORMAL UNTIL NOSE GEAR TOUCH DOWN. MARKS FROM THE NOSE TIRES SHOW TWO DISTINCT TIRE TRACKS THAT BEGIN AN IMMEDIATE TURN TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY. THE TWO NOSE TIRE TRACKS QUICKLY MERGE INTO ONE, INDICATING THE NOSE WHEEL HAD TURNED NINETY DEGREES, LEAVING A SINGLE WELL DEFINED SKID MARK FROM THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT EDGE. THE SINGLE NOSE TIRE SKID MARK CONTINUED DOWN THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 36 UNTIL THE LEFT SIDE OF THE NOSE GEAR STEERING ACTUATOR CONTACTED A RUNWAY SIGN, KNOCKING THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ACTUATOR OFF THE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY. THE NOSE WHEEL TIRE MARKS INDICATE THE NOSE WHEEL RETURNED TO A NORMAL TRACK IMMEDIATELY AFTER IMPACTING THE RUNWAY SIGN AND THE AIRCRAFT TRACKED TOWARDS THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. ALL CREW MEMBERS AND PASSENGERS WERE UNINJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR, PART 121, ON A SCHEDULED FLIGHT FROM DAL TO MSN. WINDS, REPORTED BY MSN ATC, WERE CALM AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

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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