# Accident 20090805048409A: De Havillan DHC-8-311, Fayetteville, NC, August 5, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2009, 23:14 local time
- Place: Fayetteville, NC
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: HNAA
- Location: 34.9881° N, 78.8747° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9881&lon=-78.8747&mi=10
- Aircraft: N328EN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N328EN-2023-07-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing Of Canada/Dehav Div DHC-8-311 (registry code 1386006, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-of-canada-dehav-div-dhc-8-311) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW123 (registry code 52129, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw123) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DE HAVILLAN DHC-8-311
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW123
- People aboard: 36
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 7,800 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 152 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09LA444](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA444) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090805048409A

## Narrative

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

PRIOR TO ENTERING CLOUDS THE PILOT NOTIFIED THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT TO DISCONTINUE THE BEVERAGE SERVICE.  THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED MODERATE TURBULENCE FOR 15 SECONDS.  FLIGHT ATTENDANT ADVISED PIC OF MEDICAL SITUATION.  PIC DECLARED EMERGENCY AND RECEIVED APPROVAL TO GO DIRECT TO EWN.  HOSPITAL DETERMINED FLIGHT ATTENDANT HAD BROKEN HER LEFT TIBIA AND FIBULA.

## 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 ERA09LA444](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA444), Aug 6, 2009: Boeing Of Canada/Dehav Div DHC-8-311 (N328EN), Fayetteville, NC, no damage. Probable cause: An in-flight encounter with convective clouds resulting in moderate turbulence and serious injury to a flight attendant.

## Other reports on N328EN (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20111227029809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111227029809I), Dec 27, 2011: Boeing Of Canada/Dehav Div DHC-8-311 (N328EN), Charlotte, NC, Minor damage. On 12/27/2012 piedmont flt#4184 gsp to clt at approximately 15:10 EST. Aircraft N328EN expirenced a low level windshear warning at 200 ft. AGL requiring…
- [Incident 20020307002969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020307002969I), Mar 7, 2002: Dhav DHC8311 (N328EN), Pittsburgh, PA, Minor damage. (-23) On 07MAR2002 at 0822E piedmont airlines flight 3456 lost the number one wheel assembly when landing on runway 28R. No assistance was requested by the…

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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