From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On 2 August 2015 republic airlines flight 4589, an Embraer E175, departed phl (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) RUNWAY27L and at approximately 300-400FT AGL hit a medium sized bird causing a dent to the skin on the left side of the aircraft fuselage just below the captains window.
As the FAA filed it
ON 2 AUGUST 2015 REPUBLIC AIRLINES FLIGHT 4589, AN EMBRAER E175, DEPARTED PHL (PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA) RUNWAY27L AND AT APPROXIMATELY 300-400FT AGL HIT A MEDIUM SIZED BIRD CAUSING A DENT TO THE SKIN ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE JUST BELOW THE CAPTAINS WINDOW.