20191119022679I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Embraer EMB-145LR · Charlotte, NC · November 19, 2019

Date: November 19, 2019 · 19:12 local
Place: Charlotte, NC
Airport: Charlotte/Douglas International
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: HNAA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N620AE
Reported as: Embraer EMB-145LR
Reported engine: Allison AE3007C series
People aboard: 27
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0

N620AERegistered now · Embraer EMB-145LRS/N 145102 Airframe modelEmbraer EMB-145LR Engine modelAllison AE3007C seriesTurbo-fan

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.

The pilot reported a cracked windshield pillar in flight and landed without incident. The pillar between direct view windshield and the left windshield had seven rivets of the upper skin shear near the seam. The pillar was separated at the seam.

The pillar was separated at the seam. Maintenance complete an eddy current inspection of the outer and inner of the skin surface of the pillar and found no cracks. Maintenance removed and replaced the ten bottom rivets on the upper skins of the pillar.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT REPORTED A CRACKED WINDSHIELD PILLAR IN FLIGHT AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE PILLAR BETWEEN DIRECT VIEW WINDSHIELD AND THE LEFT WINDSHIELD HAD SEVEN RIVETS OF THE UPPER SKIN SHEAR NEAR THE SEAM. THE PILLAR WAS SEPARATED AT THE SEAM.

THE PILLAR WAS SEPARATED AT THE SEAM. MAINTENANCE COMPLETE AN EDDY CURRENT INSPECTION OF THE OUTER AND INNER OF THE SKIN SURFACE OF THE PILLAR AND FOUND NO CRACKS. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE TEN BOTTOM RIVETS ON THE UPPER SKINS OF THE PILLAR.