# Incident 19960326022899I: Aerosp ATR42320, Albany, NY, March 26, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 1996, 13:30 local time
- Place: Albany, NY
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: C2XA
- Location: 42.6657° N, 73.7984° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Albany, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6657&lon=-73.7984&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15816, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15816-2004-08-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-320 (registry code 8680930, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-aeritalia-atr-42-320) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW120 (registry code 52114, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw120) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP ATR42320
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 350 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960326022899I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: FLIGHT OPERATED FROM EWR TO ALB, IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT 9500 FT., AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE. FLIGHT ATTENDANT WAS STANDING AND WAS THROWN ON HER BACK AND SUFFERED A FRACTURED VERTEBRAE AND CUT ON HER LEFT EYE. THERE WAS NO WARNING OF TURBULENCE. THERE WERE NO OTHER INJURIES TO OTHER PERSONS AND NO DAMAGE REPORTED ON THE AIRCRAFT. THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N15816 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20010607017429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010607017429I), Jun 7, 2001: Aerosp ATR42320 (N15816), Syracuse, NY. (-23) On Thursday June 7, 2001, at 11:02 am local time, an ATR-42-320 aircraft, bearing registration number N15816, operating under 14 CFR part 121 as…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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