# Incident 20120531010499I: Embraer EMB-145LR, Chicago, IL, May 31, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2012, 07:41 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago O'Hare International A
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SIMA
- Location: 41.9769° N, 87.9081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO O'HARE INTL (ORD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9769&lon=-87.9081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N935AE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N935AE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-145LR (registry code 3260212, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-145lr) (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-145LR
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC AE3007 SER
- People aboard: 53
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120531010499I

## Narrative

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

AMERICAN EAGLE FLIGHT 4069 EXPERIENCED TWO MECHANICAL IRREGULARITIES AS IT DEPARTED ORD.  THE CAPTAIN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND ADVISED ORD ATC OF THEIR DESIRE TO RETURN TO ORD AND LAND.  A FLY BY WAS CONDUCTED TO ASCERTAIN IF THE AIRCRAFT GEAR WAS PROPERLY EXTENDED.  DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT EXITING THE LANDING RUNWAY.  AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 10 AND CAME TO A STOP JUST SHORT OF THE SOUTHERN END OF RUNWAY 14R.  PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED AT THE SCENE AND BUSSED TO THE TERMINAL.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.  THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A RUNWAY MARKING SIGN, DAMAGING  THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOORS, THE LEFT INBOARD FLAP, AND THE UNDERBELLY FAIRING.  THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TIRES SHOWED EVIDENCE OF SCUFFING.  THE TWO LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRES WERE ALSO DAMAGED BY THE RUNWAY SIGNAGE.  THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRES WERE NOT DAMAGED NOR DID THEY SHOW EVIDENCE OF HEAVY AND/OR UNEVEN BREAKING IN THAT THERE WERE NO FLAT SPOTS TO ACCOUNT FOR THE HEAVIER MARKING LEFT BY THE NUMBER THREE TIRE.

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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