# Accident 20100405050349A: Saab-Scania SAAB 340B, Bradley, IL, April 5, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 2010, 19:30 local time
- Place: Bradley, IL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MALA
- Location: 41.1464° N, 87.8592° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1464&lon=-87.8592&mi=10
- Aircraft: N437XJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SAAB-SCANIA SAAB 340B
- Reported engine: GE CT7-SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10LA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA218) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100405050349A

## Narrative

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

ABOUT 90 MILES OUT OF PIA THE FLIGHT WAS LEVEL AT 16,000 FEET.  THE AIRPLANE FLEW THROUGH A WEATHER BUILD UP AND ENCOUNTERED SHORT MODERATE TURBULANCE WHILE EXITING THE CLOUD.  FLIGHT ATTENDANT LANDED ON HER BOTTOM DUE TO THE TURBULANCE.  AFTER SITTING FOR A WHILE EXPERIENCING SOME PAIN SHE DETERMINED THAT SHE COULD CONTINUE HER DUTIES FOR THE DURATION OF THE FLIGHT.  UPON LANDING AT PIA SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL ER ANDIT WAS CONFIRMED THAT SHE HAD A BROKEN TAILBONE.

## 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 CEN10LA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA218), Apr 6, 2010: Saab-Scania Saab 340B (N437XJ), Bradley, IL, no damage. Probable cause: The flightcrew's encounter with convectively induced turbulence associated with a convective cloud during the flight.

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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