# Incident 20000314014899I: Cessna 550, Redmond, OR, March 14, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 2000, 13:04 local time
- Place: Redmond, OR
- Airport: Roberts Field
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: FCPA
- Location: 44.2541° N, 121.1500° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Roberts Field (RDM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2541&lon=-121.1500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N495CM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N495CM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 550 (registry code 2076604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-550) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-4 series (registry code 52112, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-4-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 550
- Reported engine: PWA JT15D4
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,900 total, 450 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000314014899I

## Narrative

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

(-23) CASCADE 13(N495CM) ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE INBOUND TO RDM (REDMOND) WHILE DESCENDING BETWEEN 11,000 AND 5,000 FEET. THE PIC SUFFERED A CUT WHEN HIS HEAD BUMPED A KNOB ON THE ROSEN SUN VISOR, DURING THE ENCOUNTER EITH TURBULENCE.  THE SIC COMPLETED THE VISUAL APPROACH AND LANDED WHILE THE PIC ATTEMPTED TO RESTRAIN THE BLEEDING WITH NAPKINS.  THE PIC WAS TREATED WITH 7 STAP;ES TO CLOSE THE HEAD WOUND AND A MECHANIC WAS DISPATCHED FROM PDX TO INSPECT THE AIRCRAFT.  NO DAMAMGE WAS FOUND TO THE CE-55 DURIGN THE INSPECTION.  THE PIC STATED AFTERWARD THAT HIS SEAT BELT COULD HAVE BEEN FASTENED TIGHTER.

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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