# Incident 20091024857399I: Saab-Scania SAAB 340B, Herndon, VA, October 24, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2009, 15:00 local time
- Place: Herndon, VA
- Airport: Dulles
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NSVA
- Location: 38.9704° N, 77.3871° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Herndon, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9704&lon=-77.3871&mi=10
- Aircraft: N277MJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N277MJ-2020-12-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Saab-Scania SAAB 340B (registry code 7860101, https://openairdocs.org/model/saab-scania-saab-340b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CT7-SER series (registry code 30031, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-ct7-ser-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SAAB-SCANIA SAAB 340B
- Reported engine: GE CT7-SER
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 3
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 2,819 in this make and model, 106 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091024857399I

## Narrative

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

ON APPROACH INTO DULLES THE FLIGHT EXPERIENCED SEVERE TURBULENCE BETWEEN 11,000 AND 9,000 FEET.  A FEW PASSENGERS EXHIBITED ANXIETY AND ONE PASSENGER HIT THEIR HEAD ON PASSENGER SERVICE UNIT.  THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT HIT THEIR KNEE AND HEAD.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AND WAS MET BY MEDICAL PERSONNEL. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT AND ONE PASSENGER WAS TAKEN TO RESTON HOSPITAL.  THE OTHER PASSENGER REFUSED MEDICAL HELP.

## Other reports on N277MJ (2)

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

- [Incident 20101124055309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101124055309I), Nov 24, 2010: Saab-Scania SAAB 340B (N277MJ), Binghamton, NY, Minor damage. After take-off the pilot had a left engine fire warning and returned to bgm. The pilot pulled the left engine emergency handle and discharged the engine fire…
- [Accident 20030521010181A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030521010181A), May 21, 2003: Saab 340B (N277MJ), New York, NY, Substantial damage. (-23) On may 21, 2003, at 2210 eastern daylight time, a Saab 340B, N277MJ, operated by colgan airwarys inc., as flight 5056, was substantially damaged when it…

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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