From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Narrative: seat back on passenger seat 24 b&c fell into seat row 25 during climbout from Houston inter Continental airport, causing minor knee injuries to 41 year old passenger, ron sherga of arlington, TX. Flight attendant and passenger statements indicated that seat 24B was occupied by a 350+ pound male passenger who had repeatedly rocked and pushed against seat back in an apparent attempt to cause the seat back to fall. Injured passenger ron sherga was treated and released by baylor grapevine hospital with minor injuries (bruises and contusions) to both knees. Failure of seat back support, weber aircraft seat p/n 829913-423 appears to have been the result of misuse and abuse and not improper maintenance or improper installation. This incident is closed.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: SEAT BACK ON PASSENGER SEAT 24 B&C FELL INTO SEAT ROW 25 DURING CLIMBOUT FROM HOUSTON INTER CONTINENTAL AIRPORT, CAUSING MINOR KNEE INJURIES TO 41 YEAR OLD PASSENGER, RON SHERGA OF ARLINGTON, TX. FLIGHT ATTENDANT AND PASSENGER STATEMENTS INDICATED THAT SEAT 24B WAS OCCUPIED BY A 350+ POUND MALE PASSENGER WHO HAD REPEATEDLY ROCKED AND PUSHED AGAINST SEAT BACK IN AN APPARENT ATTEMPT TO CAUSE THE SEAT BACK TO FALL. INJURED PASSENGER RON SHERGA WAS TREATED AND RELEASED BY BAYLOR GRAPEVINE HOSPITAL WITH MINOR INJURIES (BRUISES AND CONTUSIONS) TO BOTH KNEES. FAILURE OF SEAT BACK SUPPORT, WEBER AIRCRAFT SEAT P/N 829913-423 APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN THE RESULT OF MISUSE AND ABUSE AND NOT IMPROPER MAINTENANCE OR IMPROPER INSTALLATION. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.
Other reports on N311DL · 6
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.