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| Date: | Friday 1 April 2011 |
| Time: | 15:38 |
| Type: |  Canadair CRJ-200ER |
| Owner/operator: | Atlantic Southeast Airlines - ASA |
| Registration: | N845AS |
| MSN: | 7324 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1999 |
| Engine model: | GE CF34-3B1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 49 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor, repaired |
| Location: | East of Little Rock, Arkansas -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, GA (ATL/KATL) |
| Little Rock-Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport, AR (LIT/KLIT) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
ASA flight ASQ5087 flew through a flock of American white pelicans when approx 20 miles out of LIT during descent.
The radome, #1 and #2 engines sustained damage. The aircraft aircraft landed about 30 minutes after the strike.
Sources:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MvzTzCp3aK8/TZZqo-yMoKI/AAAAAAAAaq8/NX7wme0XzZc/s1600/110401064639_plane.jpg photo
http://www.4029tv.com/r/27404065/detail.html
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/ASQ5087/history/20110401/1915Z/KATL/KLIT
FAA
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 July 2014 | N845AS | Delta Connection, opb ExpressJet Airlines | 0 | Atlanta-William B. Hartsfield International Airport, GA (ATL | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Apr-2011 21:08 | bizjets101 | Added |
| 15-Aug-2024 11:27 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
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