- Date
- March 19, 2015, 20:15 local (Mar 20, 2015, 02:15 UTC)
- Place
- Springfield, MO
- Injuries
- 53 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N625AEEmbraer EMB 145LR
- Defining event
- Approach: Birdstrike
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 2015
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Parties
- FAA AVP100
- FAA report
- 20150319004889A
- Case key
- 91067
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
an in-flight collision with a bird.
Findings · 1
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
On March 19, 2015, about 2015 central standard time, Envoy Air flight 3033, an Embraer 145LR, N625AE, experienced a bird strike while on approach to Springfield-Branson National Airport (SGF), Springfield, Missouri. According to the operator, the airplane struck a large bird while the flight was at 4,000 feet mean sea level and being vectored to land on runway 2. The flight crew reported no warnings or adverse flight characteristics and subsequently conducted an uneventful landing. After landing, inspection of the airplane and subsequent maintenance examination revealed substantial damage to the radome, right wing, right horizontal stabilizer and right engine. There were no injuries to the passengers or crew onboard.
Factual narrative
On March 19, 2015, about 2015 central standard time, Envoy Air flight 3033, an Embraer 145LR, N625AE, experienced a bird strike while on approach to Springfield-Branson National Airport (SGF), Springfield, Missouri. According to the operator, the airplane struck a large bird while the flight was at 4,000 feet mean sea level and being vectored to land on runway 2. The flight crew reported no warnings or adverse flight characteristics and subsequently conducted an uneventful landing. After landing, inspection of the airplane and subsequent maintenance examination revealed substantial damage to the radome, right wing, right horizontal stabilizer and right engine. There were no injuries to the passengers or crew onboard.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N625AE
- Reported as
- Embraer EMB 145LR (LR)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 145115
- Built
- 1999
- Engines
- Allison AE3007C SER, 7,426 lbs thrust, turbo propAllison AE3007C SER, 7,426 lbs thrust, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- American Eagle Airlines
- Registered owner
- American Airlines Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · March 19, 2015
- Departed
- ORD · Chicago, IL
- Destination
- Springfield, MO
- Flight plan
- IFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- March 23, 2015
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 5-point
- Flight hours
- 10,787 total · 9,262 in this make and model · 116 in the last 90 days · 0 in the last 30 days
- Role
- Co-pilot
- Age
- 30
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 31, 2014
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 5-point
- Flight hours
- 5,162 total · 168 in the last 90 days · 59 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 320° at 14 knots, gusting 24
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.62 inHg
- Observed at
- KSGF, 60 nm away
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 19, 2015, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 863 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.