# Incident 20250309001509I: Embraer ERJ 170-100 SE, Dulles, VA, March 9, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 2025, 12:36 local time
- Place: Dulles, VA
- Airport: Washington Dulles
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: R61A
- Location: 38.9445° N, 77.4558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9445&lon=-77.4558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N641RW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N641RW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer ERJ 170-100 SE (registry code 3260406, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-erj-170-100-se) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF34 series (registry code 30015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER ERJ 170-100 SE
- Reported engine: GE CF34 SERIES
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250309001509I

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (BDL-IAD) STRUCK A BIRD AT 2000FT WHILE ON APPROACH TO RWY 19L.  LANDED AND TAXIED TO THE GATE. A BIRD STRIKE INSPECTION REVEALED AN OUT OF LIMITS DENT IN THE RVSM AREA LEFT FORWARD SECTION OF NOSE OF AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO CMH FOR REPAIR. DAMAGE TRANSFERRED TO VP-010399-2025/4. THE DAMAGE WAS BETWEEN FR3-4 AND STR 22L-24L.  DAMAGE WAS CUT OUT AND REPAIRED IAW ETD2025-170-903719. REPAIR IS CONSIDERED PERMANENT WITH 6 MONTH DMI R1307650/3 FOR ENTRY INTO THE MTLM.

## Other reports on N641RW (1)

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

- [Incident 20051210030649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051210030649I), Dec 10, 2005: Emb ERJ170100SE (N641RW), Lincoln, NE. (-23) N641RW, Embraer EMJ-170-100SE, operated by shuttle america as united express flight 7655, was enroute from columbus, OH, to denver, CO. Eighty miles west…

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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