# Incident 20230202021489I: Embraer S A ERJ 170-200 LR, Little Rock, AR, February 2, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 2023, 19:23 local time
- Place: Little Rock, AR
- Airport: Bill And Hillary Clinton Ntl/A
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MASA
- Location: 34.7294° N, 92.2248° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BILL AND HILLARY CLINTON NTL/ADAMS FLD (LIT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7294&lon=-92.2248&mi=10
- Aircraft: N86347, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N86347) (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
- People aboard: 69
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230202021489I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE FROM IAH TO LIT AND ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE WHILE DESCENDING THOUGH FL180 APPROXIMATELY 50 NM SW OF LIT.  THE CAPTAIN STATED IN THEIR REPORT THEY HAD STARTED THEIR DESCENT FROM FL310 AND DUE TO A TAILWIND WERE SLOWING THE AIRCRAFT FROM 290 KNOTS TO 250 KNOTS.  THE THRUST LEVER WAS AT IDLE AND THE SPEED BRAKES WERE FULLY EXTENDED WHEN THE UNEXPECTED SEVERE TURBULENCE WAS ENCOUNTERED PASSING THROUGH FL 180. THE CAPTAIN REPORTED DURING THE EVENT THE AIRCRAFT HAD AN OVERSPEED CONDITION, AND THAT THEY DISCONNECTED THE AUTOPILOT AND PITCHED THE AIRCRAFT UP TO REDUCE AIRSPEED.  THE OVERSPEED CONDITION WAS ESTIMATED TO HAVE LASTED 3 TO 5 SECONDS. THE TWO FLIGHT ATTENDANTS REPORTED MINOR INJURIES DUE TO BEING THROWN FROM THEIR FEET WHEN THE AIRCRAFT ABRUPTLY PITCHED DOWN.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY IN LIT WITH NO PASSENGER INJURIES REPORTED. ACCORDING TO STATEMENT FROM CERTIFICATE HOLDER'S DIRECTOR OF SAFETY NO PASSENGERS OR CREW SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION.  MAINTENANCE PERFORMED INSPECTIONS FOR THE OVERSPEED AND SEVERE TURBULENCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EMBRAER AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE MANUAL.  THE ONLY FINDING ON THE AIRCRAFT INSPECTION WAS A MISSING FASTENER ON THE APU ACCESS PANEL.  THE FLIGHT DATA RECORDER SHOWED A MAXIMUM SPEED OF 326 KNOTS FOR LESS THAN FOUR SECONDS WHICH IS BELOW THE THRESHOLD TO PERFORM THE REQUIRED INSPECTIONS.  THE AIRCRAFT HAS SINCE BEEN 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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