Embraer EMB-135 N843AE
21 May 2009 · Los Angeles, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 21 May 2009 at about 23:25 local time, a Embraer EMB-135 registered N843AE, operated by American Eagle Airlines Inc, was involved in an accident near Los Angeles, California, United States. 47 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 23:25
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Los Angeles Int'l Airport (LAX)
- Coordinates
- 33.9425, -118.4069
- Aircraft
- Embraer EMB-135
- Registration
- N843AE
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- American Eagle Airlines Inc
- Operating rule
- Part 121: Air Carrier
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Los Angeles → San Diego
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- WPR09LA255
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
Probable cause
The flight crew's failure to adequately monitor and maintain clearance from a parked aircraft while taxiing. Contributing to the accident was an improperly parked airplane that encroached upon the taxiway area.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
Following push back from the gate, as the captain was taxiing the airplane from the ramp to the runway, the left horizontal stabilizer struck the right horizontal stabilizer of a parked company airplane at an adjacent gate, resulting in substantial damage to both airplanes' flight control surfaces. According to the flight crew statements and a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector who responded to the accident site, the parked airplane had been improperly parked with the right wing tip and horizontal stabilizer well outside the safety lines.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Embraer EMB-135 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Jun 2003 | Embraer EMB-135-KL | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 27 Sep 2003 | Embraer EMB-135 | Flushing, New York, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 30 Jul 1998 | Embraer EMB-135 | Moses Lake, Washington, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Apr 2009 | Cessna 172P | Livermore, California, United States | Wollard Aviation Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 10 Dec 2009 | Piper PA-38-112 | Ojai, California, United States | Aviation Pacific Inc | Fatal | 2 |
| 28 Feb 2009 | Piper PA-28R-200 | Fallbrook, California, United States | M.Y. Air Corp | No injuries | - |
| 28 Feb 2009 | Mooney M20E | Rio Linda, California, United States | David Michaud | Fatal | 2 |
| 29 Nov 2009 | Curtiss-Wright TRAVEL AIR 4000 | Torrance, California, United States | Smith Richard Charles | No injuries | - |
| 23 Aug 2009 | Piper PA-24-260 | Santa Barbara, California, United States | Kris S Michel | No injuries | - |