Embraer-empresa Brasileira De ERJ 170-200 LR — registry & accident history
Compiled from FAA & NTSB records · as of Jul 24, 2026
There are 78 Embraer-empresa Brasileira De ERJ 170-200 LR airframes on record (built 2007–2012), 76 currently registered. 10 have one or more NTSB accident records (11 records total). Data as of Jul 24, 2026.
Recent Embraer-empresa Brasileira De ERJ 170-200 LR accidents
The airplane’s encounter with unanticipated moderate turbulence.
The captain’s decision to continue the landing after the bounce and the subsequent misapplication of pitch controls. Contributing to the accident was the ongoing “land and hold short” operations that may have created an urgency to land.
The captain’s use of his pitch trim switch, which had been placarded inoperative but not deactivated, resulting in the airplane pitching up when the captain was trying to trim down. The trim commands were reversed due to maintenance personnel’s incorrect installation of the pitch trim switch. Contributing to the incident was the operator’s delay in incorporating SB 170-27-0051 which would have prevented the switch from being installed inverted.
an inadvertent encounter with convective turbulence that resulted in a TCAS RA, which required an abrupt control input by the flight crew to resolve the conflict.
the capabilities of the beverage cart were exceeded which resulted in the cart toppling over and fracturing the flight attendant's foot.
The flight attendant's decision to move two galley carts simultaneously that resulted in the second cart tipping over onto her foot.
The passenger’s failure to adhere to flight and cabin crewmembers’ instructions to remain seated in anticipation of adverse weather and turbulence along the airplane’s flight path.