# Accident 20100628037099A: Embraer EMB-145LR, Monroe, LA, June 28, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 2010, 17:53 local time
- Place: Monroe, LA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SIMA
- Location: 32.7315° N, 91.4329° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7315&lon=-91.4329&mi=10
- Aircraft: N601DW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N601DW-2021-01-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-145LR (registry code 3260212, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-145lr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison AE3007C series (registry code 03028, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-ae3007c-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER EMB-145LR
- Reported engine: ALLISON AE3007C SER
- People aboard: 45
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 6
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 10,200 total, 2,541 in this make and model, 161 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10LA363](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA363) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100628037099A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 28, 2010, AT 1753 CST, AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES FLIGHT 3224 EN ROUTE FROM GREENSBORO, SOUTH CAROLINA (KGSO) TO DALLAS/ FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KDFW) ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES EAST OF MONROE, LOUISIANA (MLU) WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT UNDER INSTRUMENT CONDITIONS (IMC) AT 36,000 FEET.  FLIGHT CREW STATEMENTS INDICATE THE AUTOPILOT DISENGAGED, AND THE AIRCRAFT GAINED APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET OF ALTITUDE DUE TO A "STRONG UPDRAFT", AND WAS FOLLOWED BY AN IMMEDIATE AND SEVERE DOWNDRAFT.  THE CREW STATED THAT THE TURBULENCE LASTED APPROXIMATELY 10 SECONDS.  FLIGHT CREW STATED THE FASTEN SEAT BELT SIGN WAS "ON" FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES AND PASSENGERS HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED TO STAY SEATED WITH SEAT BELTS FASTENED WHEN A PASSENGER ENTERED THE AIRCRAFT LAVATORY.  THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT WALKED TO THE LAVATORY TO INSTRUCT THE PASSENGER TO RETURN TO HER SEAT.  REPORTS INDICATE THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED THE SEVERE TURBULENCE AT THAT TIME AND CAUSED THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT TO BE THROWN TO THE FLOOR, AND THEN AGAINST THE CEILING AND AN OVERHEAD BIN.  THE PASSENGER IN THE LAVATORY SUFFERED A BROKEN LEG, AND DAMAGE TO HER LIP FROM HITTING THE LAVATORY SINK.  WSI RADAR FROM 2230Z TO 2257Z DEPICTS RADAR ECHOES ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF MLU WITH TOPS EXCEEDING 35,000 FEET.  THE CREW REPORTED THAT AIRCRAFT RADAR DID NOT DEPICT A RADAR RETURN UNTIL 15 TO 20 SECONDS BEFORE THE EVENT.

## 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 CEN10LA363](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA363), Jun 28, 2010: Embraer EMB-145LR (N601DW), Pioneer, LA, no damage. Probable cause: The inadvertent encounter with convective weather during cruise flight. Contributing to the accident was the flight crew's failure to detect and avoid the thunderstorm cell earlier in the flight, and…

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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