# Incident 20210918016029I: Embraer S A ERJ 170-200 LR, Sacramento, CA, September 18, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2021, 07:15 local time
- Place: Sacramento, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: QXEA
- Location: 38.5816° N, 121.4944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sacramento, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5816&lon=-121.4944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N645QX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N645QX) (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: 54
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 2,343 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210918016029I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SMF RWY 17L AT 0714 LOCAL TIME. APPROXIMATELY .5 MILES ON UPWIND, THE PILOTS REPORTED A BIRD STRIKE AND REQUESTED TO RETURN TO AIRPORT. PLANE LANDED UNEVENTFULLY AT 0730. PILOTS REPORTED DAMAGE TO ENGINE #1. NO INJURIES.

WX: 160-11KTS, 10SM, FW 050, 29.96

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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