# Accident 20081226857259A: Emb ERJ170100SU, Kansas City, MO, December 26, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 2008, 23:40 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: R61A
- Location: 39.2708° N, 94.7297° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2708&lon=-94.7297&mi=10
- Aircraft: N871RW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EMB ERJ170100SU
- People aboard: 76
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA106) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081226857259A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING THE ENROUTE DESCENT INTO KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (MCI) ON A COMMERCIAL FLIGHT CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR 121 UNDER INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES, THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED MODERATE TO SEVERE TURBULENCE.  ONE FLIGHT ATTENDANT WAS PERFORMING SAFETY-RELATED DUTIES IN THE AFT GALLEY PRIOR TO LANDING AND WAS THROWN UPWARDS AND LANDED ON HER LEFT SIDE, FRACTURING HER LEFT ANKLE.

## 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 CEN09LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA106), Dec 27, 2008: Embraer ERJ 170-10 (N871RW), Kansas City, MO, no damage. Probable cause: An in-flight encounter with turbulence, which resulted in a serious injury to a 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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