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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Embraer-Empresa Brasileira De ERJ 170-200 LR · New York, NY · August 12, 2026

Date: August 12, 2026 · 12:23 local
Place: New York, NY
Airport: Laguardia Airport
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: R61A
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N119HQ
Reported as: Embraer-Empresa Brasileira De ERJ 170-200 LR
Reported engine: GE CF34-8E5
People aboard: 0
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0

N119HQRegistered now · Embraer-Empresa Brasileira De ERJ 170-200 LRS/N 17000190 · Built 2007 Airframe modelEmbraer-Empresa Brasileira De ERJ 170-200 LR Engine modelGE CF34-8E5Turbo-fan

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.

Flight privacy data omitted (stl-lga) struck a bird at 13000 ft while descending into ewr. Aircraft landed without incident. A bird strike inspection found damage on forward left fuselage on nose of the aircraft. The aircraft was ferried to msn for repair. The damage was between FR4-5 and str 11L-12L. Skin panel at damaged location was replaced iaw srm.

As the FAA filed it

FLIGHT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (STL-LGA) STRUCK A BIRD AT 13000 FT WHILE DESCENDING INTO EWR. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. A BIRD STRIKE INSPECTION FOUND DAMAGE ON FORWARD LEFT FUSELAGE ON NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO MSN FOR REPAIR. THE DAMAGE WAS BETWEEN FR4-5 AND STR 11L-12L. SKIN PANEL AT DAMAGED LOCATION WAS REPLACED IAW SRM.