# Incident 20100410031259I: Aerospatial ATR 72-212A, Fort Worth, TX, April 10, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 2010, 10:14 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Airport: Dallas/Fort Worth Internationa
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TRBA
- Location: 32.7254° N, 97.3208° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Worth, TX, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7254&lon=-97.3208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N529AM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N529AM-2013-11-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale ATR 72-212A (registry code 8680902, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-atr-72-212a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSPATIAL ATR 72-212A
- People aboard: 0
- 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/20100410031259I

## Narrative

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

EXECUTIVE AIRLINES CREW OPERATING AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES FLIGHT 4723 (LAW-DFW) REPORTED THAT DURING ITS APPROACH INTO DFW AT APPROXIMATELY 3000 FT THEY HEARD A LOAD BANG.  AFTER LANDING IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR (MLG) LOWER FOLDING DOOR HAD SEPERATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT, STRUKE AND BROKE A PASSENGER WINDOW (INNER AND OUTER).  AMERICAN EAGLE REPLACED THE BROKEN PASSENGER WINDOW AT SEAT 11D AND A SCRATCHED WINDOW AT 12D, PUT ON CDL THE DOOR SEALS AND FOLDING DOORS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE ON THE SAME DAY.

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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