20250130001269I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Embraer EMB-145XR · Harlingen, TX · January 30, 2025

Date
January 30, 2025 · 21:14 local
Place
Harlingen, TX
Airport
Valley International Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
JJBA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N16149
Reported as
Embraer EMB-145XR
Reported engine
Rolls-Royce AE3007 series
People aboard
53
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Landed the aircraft and on rollout just above 100KTS the first officer/pilot flying looking out the aircraft and noticed something dart into their path. A moment later he noticed it turn around to get out of the way. That is the last time the crew saw it. Crew didn't feel anything and was unsure if they struck the animal. Crew proceded straight down the runway with their rollout and braking. Once they slowed enough to hand the controls over to the captain and make the turn off the active runway the crew the anti skid on the left-hand side felt as if it was slipping a little. At that moment they realized they most likely struck the animal. Crew finished their after-landing checklist and radioed the tower informing them they struck something midway down the runway after landing. Tower called airport dispatch and they reported back that they dound a dead coyote on the runway.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED THE AIRCRAFT AND ON ROLLOUT JUST ABOVE 100KTS THE FIRST OFFICER/PILOT FLYING LOOKING OUT THE AIRCRAFT AND NOTICED SOMETHING DART INTO THEIR PATH. A MOMENT LATER HE NOTICED IT TURN AROUND TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. THAT IS THE LAST TIME THE CREW SAW IT. CREW DIDN'T FEEL ANYTHING AND WAS UNSURE IF THEY STRUCK THE ANIMAL. CREW PROCEDED STRAIGHT DOWN THE RUNWAY WITH THEIR ROLLOUT AND BRAKING. ONCE THEY SLOWED ENOUGH TO HAND THE CONTROLS OVER TO THE CAPTAIN AND MAKE THE TURN OFF THE ACTIVE RUNWAY THE CREW THE ANTI SKID ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE FELT AS IF IT WAS SLIPPING A LITTLE. AT THAT MOMENT THEY REALIZED THEY MOST LIKELY STRUCK THE ANIMAL. CREW FINISHED THEIR AFTER-LANDING CHECKLIST AND RADIOED THE TOWER INFORMING THEM THEY STRUCK SOMETHING MIDWAY DOWN THE RUNWAY AFTER LANDING. TOWER CALLED AIRPORT DISPATCH AND THEY REPORTED BACK THAT THEY DOUND A DEAD COYOTE ON THE RUNWAY.