# Incident 20161205022179I: Embraer S A ERJ170-200LR, Kansas City, MO, December 5, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 2016, 00:12 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: R61A
- Location: 39.0997° N, 94.5786° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kansas City, MO, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0997&lon=-94.5786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N404YX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N404YX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer S A ERJ 170-200 LR (registry code 3260415, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-s-a-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 S A ERJ170-200LR
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 7,163 total, 923 in this make and model, 105 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161205022179I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 5, 2016, AT APPROXIMATELY 1130 PM CST (0630 GMT), REPUBLIC AIRLINE FLIGHT RPA 4703, AN EMBRAER ERJ170-200LR, N404YX STRUCK A FLOCK OF BIRDS WHILE DESCENDING OUT OF 5000 FEET INTO KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (MCI). THE BIRDS STRUCK THE AIRCRAFT JUST ABOVE THE CAPTAINS FRONT COCKPIT WINDOW. THERE WERE NO ABNORMAL INSTRUMENT INDICATIONS OR VIBRATIONS, BUT THE DOME LIGHT SWITCH DID NOT WORK. AFTER INFORMING APPROACH CONTROL OF THE BIRD STRIKE, THE CREW REDUCED SPEED TO 230 KIAS AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THIS AIRCRAFT IS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY REPUBLIC AIRLINE, INC DOING BUSINESS (DBA)AS AMERICAN EAGLE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 121 AS A DOMESTIC (SCHEDULED) OPERATION. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED FROM NEW YORK, LA GUARDIA AIRPORT (LGA) AT APPROXIMATELY 9:39 PM EST ARRIVING IN MCI AT APPROXIMATELY 12:10 AM CST.

## Other reports on N404YX (1)

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

- [Incident 20211016016149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211016016149I), Oct 16, 2021: Embraer ERJ 170-200 LR (N404YX), Washington, DC, Minor damage. The aircraft approached kdca on the ILS approach to runway 01 and experienced a #2 hydraulic system failure three miles from touchdown. The weather was IFR…

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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