# Accident 20080203010389A: Dhav DHC8202, Denver, CO, February 3, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 2008, 06:59 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MASA
- Location: 39.8617° N, 104.6731° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8617&lon=-104.6731&mi=10
- Aircraft: N444YV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N444YV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-8-202 (registry code 2809007, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-8-202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW123 (registry code 52129, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw123) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC8202
- Reported engine: PWA PW123
- People aboard: 20
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,700 total, 1,700 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN08LA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08LA055) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080203010389A

## Narrative

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

(-23) MESA AIRLINES FLIGHT 7106 WAS ENROUTE FROM CASPER, WY TO DENVER, CO. THEY HAD OCCASIONAL LIGHT CHOP AT 25,000 FEET SO THEY LEFT THE SEAT BELT SIGN ON FOR THE ENTIRE FLIGHT. THEY STARTED ON THE RAMMS 5 ARRIVAL INTO DENVER. FIVE MILES INSIDE RAMMS INTERSECTION AT 14,000 FEET THEY ENCOUNTERED EXTREME TURBULENCE. THEY HAD AN EXTREME DROP, INCREASE, THEN DROP IN ALTITUDE. THE ENTIRE EPISODE LASTED ABOUT 5 SECONDS. THE CAPTAIN WAS WEARING HIS SEAT BELT BUT NOT HIS SHOULDER HARNESS. HE HIT HIS HEAD ON THE TOP OF THE FLIGHT DECK AND RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE FIRST OFFICER HAD HIS SEAT BELT AND SHOULDER HARNESS ON AND WAS UNHURT. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT IN THE CABIN WAS NOT SEATED AND SHE RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES TO HER BACK AND NECK WHICH REQUIRED SURGERY THE NEXT DAY. NO PASSENGERS WERE INJURED.

## 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 DEN08LA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08LA055), Feb 3, 2008: de Havilland DHC-8-202 (N444YV), Denver, CO, no damage. Probable cause: The encounter with severe turbulence causing serious injury to the flight attendant.

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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