# Incident 20090811048139I: Embraer EMB-145LR, Chantilly, VA, August 11, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 2009, 20:38 local time
- Place: Chantilly, VA
- Airport: Washington Dulles International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: RAIA
- Location: 38.9445° N, 77.4558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9445&lon=-77.4558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N834HK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N834HK-2020-04-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-145LR (registry code 3260212, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-145lr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce AE-3007A1 (registry code 54165, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-ae-3007a1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER EMB-145LR
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC AE3007 SER
- People aboard: 33
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 8,114 total, 6,864 in this make and model, 181 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090811048139I

## Narrative

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

ON 08/11/2009 AT 0038Z, PILOT REPORTED BIRD STRIKE WHILE ON SHORT FINAL TO RUNWAY 19L AT 200 FT AGL.  ADDITIONALLY, REPORTED THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS DAMAGED AND NOSE WHEEL STEERING WAS INOPERATIVE. AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED OFF TAXIWAY TO THE RAMP.DURING THE INSPECTION DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO THE LANDING LIGHT ASSY, NOSE STEERING ELECTRICAL CABLE, THE RADOME WAS DELAMINATED, THERE WAS DENT TO FUSELAGE JUST AFT OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR, VHF ANTENNA ON UNDER SIDE OF FUSELAGE WAS CRACKED, AND THE #4 BRAKE COULD NOT BE CLEANED OF BIRD REMAINS AND REQUIRED REPLACEMENT. THE RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE & RIGHT ENGINE INLET RING COWL WAS ALSO STRUCK AND NO VISUAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED.

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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