# Incident 20150802011839I: Embraer-Empresa Brasileira De ERJ 170-200 LR, Philadelphia, PA, August 2, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 2015, 09:40 local time
- Place: Philadelphia, PA
- Airport: Philadelphia International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: R61A
- Location: 39.8721° N, 75.2407° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHILADELPHIA INTL (PHL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8721&lon=-75.2407&mi=10
- Aircraft: N136HQ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N136HQ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer-Empresa Brasileira De ERJ 170-200 LR (registry code 3260121, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-empresa-brasileira-de-erj-170-200-lr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF34-8E5 (registry code 30061, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-8e5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER-EMPRESA BRASILEIRA DE ERJ 170-200 LR
- People aboard: 74
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,146 in this make and model, 210 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150802011839I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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