Republic E170 at Washington on Sep 8th 2025, cleared to land on occupied runway

Last Update: September 9, 2025 / 17:23:18 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 8, 2025

Classification
Incident

Airline
Republic Airways

Flight number
AA-4528

Departure
Detroit, United States

Destination
Washington National, United States

Aircraft Registration
N863RW

Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-170

ICAO Type Designator
E170

A Republic Airways Embraer ERJ-170 on behalf of American Airlines, registration N863RW performing flight AA-4528 from Detroit,MI to Washington National,DC (USA), was on a final visual approach to Washington's runway 01 cleared to land on the runway, when tower queried whether they could land on runway 33, the crew replied "yes, we can" and was subsequently cleared to land on runway 33. The aircraft was visually circling to runway 33 descending through about 350 feet AGL (corrected for local altimeter 30.29, ADS-B indication 0 feet MSL according to standard pressure) when tower instructed the aircraft to go around. The crew complied, the aircraft went around, positioned for another approach and landed on runway 01 without further incident about 11 minutes later.

The FAA reported: "An air traffic controller instructed Republic Airways Flight 4528 to perform a go-around at Reagan Washington National Airport because maintenance crews were inspecting the runway. The FAA is investigating the event that occurred around 7:05 a.m. local time on Monday, Sept. 8."
Aircraft Registration Data
Registration mark
N863RW
Country of Registration
United States
Date of Registration
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Aircraft Model / Type
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ICAO Aircraft Type
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 8, 2025

Classification
Incident

Airline
Republic Airways

Flight number
AA-4528

Departure
Detroit, United States

Destination
Washington National, United States

Aircraft Registration
N863RW

Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-170

ICAO Type Designator
E170

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