# Incident 20110301002349I: Embraer EMB-145EP, Windsor Locks, CT, March 1, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 2011, 06:25 local time
- Place: Windsor Locks, CT
- Airport: Bradley International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Location: 41.9390° N, 72.6843° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRADLEY INTL (BDL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9390&lon=-72.6843&mi=10
- Aircraft: N801HK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER EMB-145EP
- Reported engine: ALLISON AE 3007A1/1
- People aboard: 32
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 30,246 total, 8,403 in this make and model, 258 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110301002349I

## Narrative

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

US AIR EXPRESS (TRANS STATES AIRLINES-RAIA) 3503, AN EMBRAER 145-EP ON SCHEDULED SERVICE BETWEEN BRADLEY INTERNATIONAL (KBDL) WINDSOR LOCKS, CT AND PITTSBURGH, PA, (KPIT).  THIS FLIGHT PUSHED BACK FROM GATE 27 AT KBDL WITH 29 PASSENGERS, TWO PILOTS AND ONE FLIGHT ATTENDANT.  AT APPROXIMATELY 0625 EST, AS THE AIRCRAFT AND TUG WERE DECELERATING AT THE END OF THE PUSH BACK, THE NOSE GEAR OF THE EMB-145 COLLAPSED INTO THE GEAR WELL AND ONTO THE TOWBAR.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS EVACUATED WITHOUT INJURY THROUGH THE FORWARD PASSENGER ENTRY DOOR 1L. THE AIRCRAFT INCURRED THE FOLLOWING DAMAGE.  THE UPPER END OF THE AUXILIARY DRAG STRUT HAD A FULL THICKNESS FRACTURE/SEPARATION APPROXIMATELY 4" FROM THE UPPER ATTACHMENT POINT.  DAMAGE INCIDENTAL TO THE FAILURE INCLUDED ONE GREASE ZERK FITTING SHEARED OFF OF THE AFT SIDE OF THE SCISSOR LINK AND CRUSH DAMAGE TO THE LOWER 4" OF THE RADAR MOUNT BULKHEAD. THE LOWER EDGE OF THE RADOME ALSO EXHIBITED CRUSH DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH CONTACT WITH THE TOWBAR.

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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