# Incident 20190719015219I: Embraer-Empresa Brasileira De ERJ 170-200 LR, Philadelphia, PA, July 19, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2019, 15:00 local time
- Place: Philadelphia, PA
- Airport: Philadelphia International
- Damage: No 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: N101HQ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N101HQ) (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
- Reported engine: GE CF34-8E5
- People aboard: 79
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 3,330 total, 1,326 in this make and model, 82 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190719015219I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 19, 2019 AT APPROX. 1519 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME (1919Z), FLIGHT 4599, AN REPUBLIC AIRWAYS,  EMBRAER 170-200LR   DEPARTED KPHL.  FLIGHT 4599 EXPERIENCED A CABIN ALT HI EICAS MESSAGE CLIMBING THRU FL330. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DESCENDED TO FL10.  THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS REPORTED THE O2 MASKS DEPLOYED IN THE MAIN CABINZEBRA818!

. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO KPHL AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED TO THE 4 CREWMEMBERS, 75 PASSENGERS OR GROUND PERSONNEL. THE AIRCRAFT IS REGISTERED TO, AND OPERATED BY REPUBLIC AIRWAYS DBA AMERICAN EAGLE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (DFR) PART 121 AS A SCHEDULED AIR CARRIER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED UNDER INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES, A FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. NO WEATHER INFORMATION WAS REPORTED AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT.  THE FLIGHT DEPARTED PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, PA (KPHL) ABOUT 1519 EST, SCHEDULED TO SAVANNAH/HILTON HEAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KSAV).

A SPECIAL FLIGHT PERMIT MOVED N101HQ,  FLIGHT 9878, AT 2028 EST (0228Z) FROM KPHL TO KPIT FOR MAINTENANCE. REPUBLIC AIRWAYS REQUESTED EMBRAER ASSISTANCE.

REPUBLIC AIRWAYS REPLACE THE POSITIVE PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE, THE ALTITUDE  SWITCH, CONFIRMED THE FUNCTIONAL TEST OF THE CPCS CHANNELS. REPLACED 42 O2 GENERATORS AND STOWED THE O2 MASKS .  ONE GENERIC I/O MODULE AND A DC POWER MODULE(SPDA) WERE REPLACED.  A CHECK FLIGHT CONFIRMED THE AIRCRAFT WAS READY FOR RETURN TO SERVICE.

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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