# Incident 20201009009729I: Embraer S A ERJ 170-200 LR, Iad, VA, October 9, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 2020, 16:16 local time
- Place: Iad, VA
- Airport: Washington Dulles Internationa
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: R61A
- Location: 38.9445° N, 77.4558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9445&lon=-77.4558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N722YX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N722YX) (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 ERJ 170-200 LR
- Reported engine: GE CF34-8E5
- People aboard: 73
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 1,895 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201009009729I

## Narrative

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

REPUBLIC FLIGHT 3435 IND TO IAD, LANDED AT IAD WITHOUT INCIDENT. ON POST FLIGHT WALK AROUND FLIGHT CREW FOUND NOSE LANDING GEAR (NLG) LANDING LIGHT BROKEN BY APPARENT BIRD STRIKE ON TOUCHDOWN. FLIGHT CREW NOTIFIED AIRPORT ATC. ATC GENERATED 8020-9.   AIRPORT CREWS PERFORMED A FOD RUN/CLEANUP OF THE RUNWAY. MAINTENANCE PLACED THE LIGHT ON THE MINIMUM EQUIPMENT LIST DEFERRAL AND THE LIGHT WAS REPLACED AFTER THE NEXT FLIGHT IN PIT. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED 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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