# Accident 20100810040909A: Embraer EMB-145XR, Salt Lake City, UT, August 10, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2010, 13:39 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: C2XA
- Location: 40.7883° N, 111.9778° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7883&lon=-111.9778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14105, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N14105) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-145XR (registry code 3260214, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-145xr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce AE3007 series (registry code 54582, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-ae3007-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER EMB-145XR
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC AE3007 SER
- People aboard: 54
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 5,471 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10LA395](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA395) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100810040909A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT 11,000 FEET AND APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES WEST OF THE AIRPORT ON A DOWNWIND SLOWING FROM 280 KNOTS TO 190 KNOTS.  THE FLIGHT CREW WAS RECEIVING VECTORS FOR THE VISUAL APPROACH TO 16R WHEN THE CAPTAIN (FLYING PILOT) LOOKED UP AND SAW AT LEAST SIX WHITE BIRDS, WHICH SOME STRUCK THE AIRCRAFT PENETRATING THE AIRCRAFT UPPER SKIN BETWEEN THE RADOME AND CAPTAINS WINDSCREEN DAMAGING TWO STRINGERS AND FOUR FRAMES ALLOWING THE SKIN TO PEEL AFT.   THE CAPTAIN LOST HIS ADC, RMU AND THE #1 TRANSPONDER QUIT WORKING.  CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, AND CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE FIRST OFFICER.  AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR10LA395](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA395), Aug 10, 2010: Embraer EMB-145XR (N14105), Salt Lake City, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: An in-flight collision with a bird while on the downwind leg of the traffic pattern during a visual approach.

## Other reports on N14105 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20120725017829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120725017829I), Jul 25, 2012: Embraer EMB-145XR (N14105), Chicago, IL, No damage. United express flight #5959, Chicago to memphis, was on taxi out and an American plane pulled in front of them. The pilot had to slam on the brakes and the…

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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