# Accident 20030424036909A: Dorner DO328300, Roanoke, VA, April 24, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2003, 22:35 local time
- Place: Roanoke, VA
- Airport: Roanoke Regional/Woodrum Field
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: VTZA
- Location: 37.3110° N, 79.9009° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3110&lon=-79.9009&mi=10
- Aircraft: N427FJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N427FJ-2007-07-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fairchild Dornier DORNIER 328-300 (registry code 3370601, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-dornier-dornier-328-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW306B (registry code 52164, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw306b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DORNER DO328300
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 31 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD03LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD03LA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030424036909A

## Narrative

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

(-23) A DO 328-300, ATLANIC COAST AIRLINES (ACA) FLIGHT 6262, FROM CVG TO ROA, WAS NOT DAMAGED AFTER IT ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE DURING FLIGHT; BUT THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. PER THE CAPTAIN, FLIGHT WAS AT CRUISE ALTITUDE AT 22,000 FT IN VMC. THE AIRPLANE ENCOUNTERED A "LIGHT CHOP" SO HE KEPT "FASTEN-SEATBELT SIGN" ILLUMINATED. WITHOUT WARNING, THE FLIGHT ENCOUNTERED "MODERATE TURBULENCE" FOR 2-5 SECONDS. MINIMAL ALTITUDE WAS LOST & THE AUTOPILOT MAINTAINED CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE. FOLLOWING THE ENCOUNTER, CREW REQUESTED AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL CLEARANCE TO DESCEND TO 19,000 FT, AND THE REMAINDER OF THE FLIGHT WAS SMOOTH. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT STATED "CONTINUOUS LIGHT TURBULENCE" WAS ENCOUNTERED. WHILE STANDING IN THE GALLEY, THE AIRPLANE SUDDENLY ENCOUNTERED "SEVERE CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE" WHICH THREW HER AGAINST THE BULKHEAD, AS SHE REGAINED BALANCE, AIRPLANE ENCOUNTERED MORE TURBULENCE, AND KNOCKED HER TO THE FLOOR. FLIGHT CONTINUED TO ROA AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. FLIGHT RELEASE REVEALED A WARNING FOR OCCASIONAL MODERATE TURBULENCE BELOW 12,000 FT FOR AREA SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES TO THE WEST OF AIRPLANE'S ROUTE OF FLIGHT. ALSO NO SIGMETS OR AIRMETS WERE ISSUED FOR ROANOKE AREA.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB IAD03LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD03LA048), Apr 25, 2003: Dornier 328-300 (N427FJ), Roanoke, VA, no damage. Probable cause: The airplane's encounter with unforecasted clear air turbulence during cruise flight.

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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