# Incident 20090711019549I: Emb EMB145LR, Covington, KY, July 11, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2009, 12:14 local time
- Place: Covington, KY
- Airport: Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky I
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FDKA
- Location: 39.0488° N, 84.6678° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CINCINNATI/NORTHERN KENTUCKY INTL (CVG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0488&lon=-84.6678&mi=10
- Aircraft: N848MJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N848MJ-2023-10-24) (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: 52
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090711019549I

## Narrative

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

ON 7/11/2009 @ 1655Z, AN EMBRAER 145LR AIRCRAFT DEPARTED CVG TO PHL.  ON THE CLIMB-OUT AT FL 210, THE PILOT REPORTED A POSSIBLE LIGHTNING STRIKE AND REQUESTED A PRIORITY RETURN TO CVG.  THE PILOT'S WINDSHIELD HAD BEEN CRACKED (SPIDERWEBBED), AND THE CREW DID SMELL AN ODOR ON THE FLIGHTDECK, AND THEN THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED BACK AT CVG WITHOUT INCIDENT.  THE PILOT REPORTED THE ODOR HAD DISSIPATED VERY QUICKLY AFTER THE CREW NOTICED IT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AT CVG DID NOT NOTICE ANY FUMES, ODOR'S, OR SMOKE IN THE AIRCRAFT.  THE MECHANICS AT CVG REPLACED THE PILOT'S WINDSHIELD AND IT HAD A SHORTED TEMP SENSOR LEAD.  THE MECHANICS INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT SHOWED NO SIGNS OF A LIGHTNING STRIKE OR ANY OTHER DEFECT.  THE AIR CARRIER WILL BE SENDING THEIR CHDO A SERVICE DIFFICULTY REPORT.

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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