N862RW - Ex-Republic EMB-170

This poor bird had an unforunate encounter with an overrun barrier back in February. Republic has written this aircraft off officially, most likely just for the insurance payout. However, whoever got custody of the airframe decided to have it repaired. The entire forward section of this E170 is being replaced. There is another thread over at Airliners.net on this topic as well.

http://www.opshots.net/gallery/album..._10Sep07_1.jpg

The original forward section:
http://www.opshots.net/gallery/album..._03Jul07_3.jpg

See http://www.opshots.net/gallery/displayi ... =20&pos=11 for more pictures.

Interesting. Where was the accident?

CLE

http://aviation-safety.net/database/rec ... 20070218-0

Narrative:
Flight 6448 departed Atlanta (ATL) at 13:31. The first officer was flying the airplane. The captain reported they were cleared for the ILS runway 24R approach. Approximately 10 minutes prior to landing, air traffic control changed the landing runway to runway 28. The captain stated they were informed that the runway visual range (RVR) was 6,000 feet and that the braking action was fair. Also, the glideslope for the ILS runway 28 approach was unusable at the time of the accident due to the snow. After passing the final approach fix, they were informed that the RVR had decreased to 2,000 feet. The captain had the approach lights in sight and at 50 feet above the ground, he had the runway in sight. The first officer then turned off the autopilot to land. At 30 feet above the ground the captain momentarily lost sight of the runway. He then regained sight of the runway and the airplane was landed. They encountered strong gusty winds during the landing flare and after touchdown they could barely see the runway lights and taxiway turn-offs. Despite the use of full reverse and braking, the airplane did not seem to slow down. The airplane traveled off the runway and into the snow covered grass and went partially through the fence before coming to a stop more than 150 feet past the end of the runway. Runway 28 is 6017 feet long. Weather around the time of the accident was:
KCLE 182017Z 33013G19KT 1/4SM +SN BKN003 BKN010 OVC015 M08/M11 A3003 RMK AO2 P0000
KCLE 182033Z 32013KT 1 1/2SM -SN SCT003 BKN011 OVC028 M08/M11 A3004 RMK AO2 P0000

Interesting, I don't remember hearing about that. Great picture on that link too.

When this aircraft returns to service it will probably be as good as (or better than) new. Although I am not in anyway a nervous flier I would prefer not to fly on this aircraft. Over the years there have been several rebuilt aircraft that where in second what would have been minor incidents that resulted in accidents because the fuselage broke open where the repairs had been made. One in particuliar was a USAir DC-9-30 that was rebuilt after a landing accident in the 70's only to make a hard landing years later at ELM and have the fuselage split open. I did a search on several datebases and could not find the report, I belive there where several fatalities.

Regards

LGA777

who is going to get the airplane now? is it going to be returned to flying for republic? wonder if it would make a good frame for a corporate conversion...

Matt, Republic has writen the plane off, it will most likely never see serivce with them again. It will be intresting to see who will take the rebuilt frame.