# Incident 20200227002079I: Embraer EMB-145XR, Sioux Falls, SD, February 27, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 2020, 18:32 local time
- Place: Sioux Falls, SD
- Airport: Sioux Falls Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: RAIA
- Location: 43.5855° N, 96.7412° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Sioux Falls Regional Airport (FSD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5855&lon=-96.7412&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21144, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N21144) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-145XR (registry code 3260214, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-145xr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce AE3007 series (registry code 54582, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-ae3007-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER EMB-145XR
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC AE3007 SER
- People aboard: 52
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200227002079I

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 6:32 LOCAL TIME UNITED EXPRESS FLIGHT 4783, OPERATED BY TRANS STATES AIRLINES, DEPARTED SIOUX FALLS REGIONAL AIRPORT(FSD) RUNWAY 21 AND REPORTED HITTING BIRDS ON CLIMB-OUT.  THE CREW FELT VIBRATIONS, ELECTED TO RETURN TO THE FIELD DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 21.  EMERGENCY VEHICLES WERE DISPATCHED, HOWEVER THE CREW REPORTED A NORMAL LANDING AND TAXI TO THE GATE.  POST FLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE NUMBER 2 ENGINE INCLUDING VISIBLE BENT FAN BLADES. TRANS STATES MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REMOVED AND REPLACED THE DAMAGED ENGINE AND RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT 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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