ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 230478
Last updated: 2 September 2020
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| Date: | 06-NOV-2019 |
| Time: | c. 21:10 LT |
| Type: |  Embraer ERJ-175LR (ERJ-170-200 LR) |
| Owner/operator: | American Eagle, opb Republic Airlines |
| Registration: | N117HQ |
| C/n / msn: | 17000184 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | near Atlanta, GA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, GA (ATL/KATL) |
| New York-La Guardia Airport, NY (LGA/KLGA) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
American Eagle flight AA4439 returned to Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, Georgia, USA, after suffering severe controllability issues after takeoff.
The flight took off from runway 09L at 21:05 hours LT (02:05 UTC, Nov. 7). Shortly afterward the flight crew radioed an emergency and reported they were in a "stalling situation". They later stated having difficulty trying to descend. Meanwhile, the Atlanta Tower controller tried to assist the flight to return to the airport.
After the flight crew regained control, the aircraft was vectored for a landing on runway 10.
Sources:
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N117HQ/history/20191107/0204Z/KATL/KATL
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n117hq#22c0ef6c
LiveATC audio: https://forums.liveatc.net/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=15644.0;attach=10547
NTSB Safety recommendations 29-Jan-2020: https://www.ntsb.gov/news/press-releases/Pages/nr20200129b.aspx
Images:
Photo of N117HQ courtesy AirHistory.net
Montréal - Pierre Elliott Trudeau International (CYUL / YUL)
18 August 2012; (c) Pierre Langlois
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Nov-2019 13:31 | harro | Added |
| 08-Nov-2019 13:36 | harro | Updated [Narrative] |
| 08-Nov-2019 13:41 | harro | Updated [Total occupants, Source, Narrative, Photo] |
| 09-Nov-2019 19:41 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 29-Jan-2020 20:21 | harro | Updated [Source] |
| 28-Mar-2020 08:08 | harro | Updated [Total occupants] |
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