# NTSB investigations: Embraer-Empresa Brasileira De ERJ 170-200 LR

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB DCA25LA269](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25LA269.md): Embraer-Empresa Brasileira De ERJ 170-200 LR · Jacksonville, GA · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jul 21, 2025 · N229JQ · No damage
  > The airplane’s encounter with unanticipated moderate turbulence.
- [NTSB OPS25LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OPS25LA052.md): Embraer-Empresa Brasileira De ERJ 170-200 LR · Minot, ND · Incident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report · Jul 19, 2025 · N604CZ · 3 aircraft · No damage
  > On July 18, 2025, about 1948 central daylight time (CDT), WarBird03 (WBD03), a US Air Force (USAF) B-52H, enroute to conduct an aerial flyby at the North Dakota Fairgrounds, was involved with a loss of separation event approximately two miles south of Minot…
- [NTSB DCA25LA286](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25LA286.md): Embraer-Empresa Brasileira De ERJ 170-200 LR · Boston, MA · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jul 14, 2025 · N224JQ · Substantial damage
  > The captain’s decision to continue the landing after the bounce and the subsequent misapplication of pitch controls. Contributing to the accident was the ongoing “land and hold short” operations that may have created an urgency to land.
- [NTSB DCA24FA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA24FA164.md): Airbus A330 · Queens, NY · Incident · Class 2 · Field · Final report · Apr 17, 2024 · HB-JHD · 5 aircraft · No damage
  > Nonstandard crossing phraseology and ineffective coordination between local controller 1 (LC1) and local controller 2 (LC2) which resulted in degraded shared situation awareness, and a runway incursion.
- [NTSB DCA20IA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA20IA014.md): Embraer ERJ170 · Atlanta, GA · Incident · No injuries · Class 3 · Incident · Final report · Nov 7, 2019 · N117HQ · No damage
  > The captain’s use of his pitch trim switch, which had been placarded inoperative but not deactivated, resulting in the airplane pitching up when the captain was trying to trim down. The trim commands were reversed due to maintenance personnel’s incorrect…
- [NTSB DCA19CA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA19CA081.md): Embraer ERJ170 · Reno, NV · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report · Feb 13, 2019 · N613CZ · Minor damage
  > an inadvertent encounter with convective turbulence that resulted in a TCAS RA, which required an abrupt control input by the flight crew to resolve the conflict.
- [NTSB DCA14CA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA14CA155.md): Embraer-Empresa Brasileira De ERJ 170 200 LR · Columbus, OH · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 27, 2014 · N204JQ · No damage
  > the capabilities of the beverage cart were exceeded which resulted in the cart toppling over and fracturing the flight attendant's foot.
- [NTSB DCA13CA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA13CA090.md): Embraer-Empresa Brasileira De ERJ 170-200 LR · Flushing, NY · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · May 11, 2013 · N208JQ · No damage
  > The flight attendant's decision to move two galley carts simultaneously that resulted in the second cart tipping over onto her foot.
- [NTSB ERA12LA498](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA498.md): Embraer ERJ 170-200 LR · Hilton Head, SC · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 5, 2012 · N134HQ · No damage
  > The passenger’s failure to adhere to flight and cabin crewmembers’ instructions to remain seated in anticipation of adverse weather and turbulence along the airplane’s flight path.
- [NTSB CEN11LA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11LA072.md): Embraer ERJ 170-200 LR · Minneapolis, MN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 15, 2010 · N604CZ · Substantial damage
  > The in-flight collision with a flock of birds during climb.
- [NTSB DCA09FA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA09FA068.md): Embraer EMB170 · Norfolk, VA · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 27, 2009 · N135HQ · No damage
  > an inadvertent encounter with convective turbulence that resulted in serious injuries to a flight attendant.
- [NTSB CEN09LA461](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA461.md): Embraer-Empresa Brasileira De ERJ 170-20 · Indianapolis, IN · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 11, 2009 · N120HQ · No damage
  > The passenger's failure to comply with crewmember instructions to remain seated while the airplane was in turbulent weather conditions, resulting in an injury to the passenger.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('3260121'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=3260121

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