# Incident 20130830024749I: Embraer EMB-145EP, Beaumont, TX, August 30, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 2013, 17:32 local time
- Place: Beaumont, TX
- Airport: Beaumont Jack Brooks Regional
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ASOA
- Location: 30.0860° N, 94.1018° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Beaumont, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0860&lon=-94.1018&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14939, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14939-2015-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-145EP (registry code 3260221, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-145ep) (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-145EP
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC AE3007 SER
- People aboard: 43
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 19,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130830024749I

## Narrative

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

ON THE RAMP AT GEORGE BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT (IAH) IN HOUSTON, TEXAS THE EMB-145 HAD AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE THAT RESULTED IN THE PFD AND MFD SCREENS LOSING THE SIGNAL GENERATOR AND THE COMPUTER WHICH RESULTED IN AN ?X? DISPLAYED ON THE SCREENS.  MAINTENANCE WAS CALLED OUT TO WORK ON THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED WHEN MAINTENANCE RESET THE AIRCRAFT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED IAH FOR MOBILE REGIONAL AIRPORT (MOB) IN MOBILE, AL.  AFTER DEPARTURE THE CREW HEARD A LOUD BANG FROM THE LEFT LATERAL SIDE PANEL OF THE COCKPIT.  THE CAPTAIN REPORTED SEEING FAINT SMOKE AND THE SMELL OF ELECTRICAL SMOKE.  THE CAPTAIN AND THE FIRST OFFICER SAID THEY FELT A SHUDDER FROM THE INCIDENT.   AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE CREW DIVERTED TO BPT (BEAUMONT, TX).  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.  THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO THE PASSENGERS OR CREW.  PASSENGERS WERE EVALCUATED VIA STAIRS

UPON INVESTIGATION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT NO EXPLOSION HAD TAKEN PLACE AS ORIGINALLY REPORTED.  THE PILOTS STATED THAT IT WAS A LOUD BANG.

THE CREW STATED THAT AT BPT THE PFD AND THE MFD AGAIN APPEARED TO HAVE LOST THE SIGNAL GENERATOR AND COMPUTER WHICH RESULTED IN X DISPLAYED ON THE DISPLAY.

## Other reports on N14939 (1)

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

- [Incident 20000530033329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000530033329I), May 30, 2000: Emb EMB145ER (N14939), Midland, TX. (-23)Pressurization difficulties caused the RJ-145 aircraft to declare an emergency as they reached 17,000 feet MSL and return to Midland airport. There were…

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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