# Incident 20100430033019I: Embraer ERJ 170-100, Kansas City, MO, April 30, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2010, 08:30 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: R61A
- Location: 39.2976° N, 94.7139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KANSAS CITY INTL (MCI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2976&lon=-94.7139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N870RW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER ERJ 170-100
- Reported engine: GE CF34-8E5
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 1,734 in this make and model, 176 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100430033019I

## Narrative

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

REPUBLIC 1515 DEPARTED MCI, BEFORE DEPARTURE FLIGHT WAS ADVISED OF EXTREME PRECIPITATION 4 MILES OFF RWY. FLIGHT ACCEPTED CLEARANCE.  AFTER DEPARTURE JUST BEFORE FREQUENCY CHANGE PILOT ADVISED ATC THEY WERE HIT BY "BIG HAIL AT 1800 FEET THROUGH 3000 FEET".  MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WAS LATTER DISCOVERED.

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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