# Incident 20040614010079I: Dorner DO328300, Lexington, KY, June 14, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 2004, 17:21 local time
- Place: Lexington, KY
- Airport: Blue Grass
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: VTZA
- Location: 38.0367° N, 84.6086° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLUE GRASS (LEX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0367&lon=-84.6086&mi=10
- Aircraft: N406FJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N406FJ-2023-04-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dornier 328-300 (registry code 2990220, https://openairdocs.org/model/dornier-328-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW300 series (registry code 52128, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DORNER DO328300
- People aboard: 31
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,900 total, 899 in this make and model, 141 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040614010079I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DELTA CONNECTION FLIGHT #6146, N406FJ, A DO-328-300 REGIONAL JET DEPARTED CINCINNATI-NORTHERN KENTUCKY AIRPORT (CVG) FOR CHARLOTTE, NC AIRPORT (CLT) ON 14 JUNE 2004. ATLANTIC COAST AIRLINE, A PART 121 AIR CARRIER BASED AT DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, VA, OPERATES THIS FLIGHT. APPROXIMATELY 25 NAUTICAL MILES NW OF HAZARD, KY, AT A CRUISE ALTITUDE OF 23000 FT, THE FLIGHT ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE. THE FLIGHT WAS UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPT ERIK R SOYKAN, ATP CERTIFICATE #89647919. AFTER DETERMINING THE ONLY INJURY ON BOARD WAS FLIGHT ATTENDANT ^PRIVACY DA^ A DECISION WAS MADE TO LAND AT THE NEAREST SUITABLE AIRPORT TO GET MEDICAL ATTENTION. HE DECLARED A MEDICAL EMERGENCY AND LANDED SAFELY AT LEXINGTON, KY AIRPORT (LEX) AT 2121Z/1721 EDT, REQUESTING AN AMBULANCE TO MEET THE FLIGHT. THERE WERE 29 PASSENGERS AND 1 LAP CHILD ON BOARD AND A CREW OF 3 FOR A TOTAL COUNT OF 33 SOULS ON BOARD. THE PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED NORMALLY AT THE TERMINAL AND THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL. HER INJURIES WERE NOT AS SERIOUS AS FIRST BELIEVED, HER DIAGNOSIS WAS A SEVERE SPRAIN TO THE ARM BUT NO FRACTURE. CAPT. SOYKAN MADE A LOGBOOK ENTRY INDICATING SEVERE TURBULENCE HAD BEEN ENCOUNTERED AND AFTER MAKING A POST FLIGHT INSPECTION DISCOVERED WHAT APPEARED TO BE A BURN MARK ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE VERTICAL STABILIZER, WHICH HE ALSO ENTERED INTO THE MAINTENANCE LOGBOOK. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL COMPLETED AN INSPECTION AND DETERMINED NO DAMAGE HAD OCCURRED. INFORMATION ATTAINED THROUGH TELEPHONE INTERVIEW WITH CAPT. SOYKAN AND ATLANTIC COAST AIRLINE SAFETY DIRECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITT^

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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