# Incident 20210321001279I: Embraer EMB-145XR, Little Rock, AR, March 21, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 2021, 21:51 local time
- Place: Little Rock, AR
- Airport: Adams Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: JJBA
- Location: 34.7465° N, 92.2896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Little Rock, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7465&lon=-92.2896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16183, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N16183) (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: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Unknown or foreign certificate
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210321001279I

## Narrative

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

LITTLE ROCK, AR (LIT)

UCA4332, E45X, IAH-LIT

STRUCK MULTIPLE BIRDS AS THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED INBOUND TO LIT, CAUSING A 4-IN DENT ON THE NOSE CONE & RUPTURING THE

FUSELAGE FORWARD OF THE PRESSURE VESSEL. FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT & TAXIED TO GATE.  AIRCRAFT FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS NOT EFFECTED

INJURIES: NONE

DAMAGE: EXTENT UNKNOWN.

03/22/2021

0251Z

## Other reports on N16183 (1)

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

- [Incident 20220918018869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220918018869I), Sep 18, 2022: Embraer EMB-145XR (N16183), Houston, TX, Minor damage. Ground crew left external bluetooth communications box connected after prush back and gave aircrew release signal. Aircrew departed iah and heard loud banging…

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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