# Incident 20230512002799I: Embraer EMB-145XR, Houston, TX, May 12, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2023, 10:28 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: George Bush Intercontinental/H
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: JJBA
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17159, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N17159) (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 AE 3007
- People aboard: 52
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 4,314 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230512002799I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 12, 2023, INCIDENT AIRCRAFT OPERATED IN REVENUE SERVICE WITH 49 PASSENGERS AND 3 CREW, FROM GEORGE BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL/HOUSTON AIRPORT (IAH) TO HUNTSVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (HSV).

DEPARTING RUNWAY 09 AT IAH, THE FLIGHT CREW EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT AIRFRAME VIBRATION FOLLOWED BY A DECELERATION IN SPEED AND THE AIRCRAFT PULLING TO THE LEFT. WITH APPROXIMATELY 4,000 FEET REMAINING RUNWAY, THE FLIGHT CREW ABORTED THE TAKEOFF AT 120 KNOTS. UPON SAFELY STOPPING, THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY WITH 2,000 FEET REMAINING AND BECAME DISABLED PRIOR TO THE HOLD SHORT LINE. THE FLIGHT CREW SUSPECTED THE LEFT MAIN LANDING TIRE(S) HAD FAILED DURING DEPARTURE. TIME OF THE EVENT AS REPORTED FROM IAH ATCT WAS 1528Z. THE FLIGHT CREW DID NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY, HOWEVER, IAH TOWER REQUESTED AIRPORT CRASH, FIRE AND RESCUE RESPOND TO THE EVENT. NO ASSISTANCE WAS REQUIRED FOR FIRE OR SMOKE SUPPRESSION. BRAKE TEMPERATURES REPORTED BY THE FLIGHT CREW WERE AT THE TOP OF THE NORMAL RANGE AND WERE MEASURED AT 185 DEGREES F BY FIRE FIGHTERS. THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES OR ADVERSE REACTIONS TO THE PASSENGERS OR CREW. EMERGENCY EGRESS OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT REQUIRED. PASSENGERS DEPLANED NORMALLY AND WERE TRANSPORTED BY BUS TO THE TERMINAL AT IAH.

MAINTENANCE AT IAH RESPONDED TO THE EVENT AND AFTER INSPECTING THE AIRCRAFT DISCOVERED BOTH LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRES HAD FAILED. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE #2 TIRE HAD INITIALLY FAILED CAUSING THE #1 TIRE TO FAIL THEREAFTER. RUNWAY 09 WAS CLOSED FOR TIRE DEBRIS AND THE DISABLED AIRCRAFT REMAINING IN THE RUNWAY SAFETY AREA. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRES WERE REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE HANGAR AT IAH FOR FURTHER EVALUATION AND REPAIRS.

## Other reports on N17159 (1)

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

- [Incident 20260802009859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260802009859I), Aug 2, 2026: Embraer EMB-145XR (N17159), Dulles, WA, Minor damage. Aircraft [privacy data omitted], UCA4914, waiting at runway 30 adviced tower that they could not accept departure due to bad weather conditions. Flight crew…

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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