# Incident 20000227002219I: Emb EMB120RT, Redding, CA, February 27, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 2000, 16:00 local time
- Place: Redding, CA
- Airport: Redding Municipal
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWIA
- Location: 40.5090° N, 122.2934° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at REDDING RGNL (RDD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5090&lon=-122.2934&mi=10
- Aircraft: N200CD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N200CD-2006-04-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-120RT (registry code 3260202, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-120rt) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW118 (registry code 52116, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw118) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB120RT
- People aboard: 27
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,311 total, 1,716 in this make and model, 353 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000227002219I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED WHAT THE PILOT DESCRIBED AS SEVERE CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE WITH A LARGE DOWNDRAFT FOLLOWED BY A SUDDEN UPDRAFT DURING THE APPROACH TO REDDING AIRPORT.  ALL LOOSE ITEMS IN THE COCKPIT BECAME DISLODGED.  TWO OF THE PASSENGERS STATED THAT THEY HAD STRUCK THEIR HEAD ON THE CEILING OF THE AIRCRAFT.  TWO PASSENGERS WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT AND RELEASED.  TWO ADDITIONAL PASSENGERS WERE TREATED AT THE AIRPORT BY PARAMEDICS.

## Other reports on N200CD (1)

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

- [Incident 19950517021159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950517021159I), May 17, 1995: Emb EMB120RT (N200CD), Chicago, IL. Lost oil pressure left engine diverted mdw. Oil pressure fitting at regulator broke.

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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