What happened
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Captain david frederick nelson certificate number privacy data omitted stated that he didn't believe the aircraft met the requirements for severe turbulence as found in his AFM and was considering marginal turbulence. Approximately ten minutes later, American eagle airlines called back and decided to ground the aircraft, enter a maintenance write-up in the aircraft log and qualify the turbulence as severe which would ensure that maintenance provided a severe turbulence inspection. The maintenance crew worked the aircraft at us airways hangar 3. They had the proper paperwork, performed the inspection and no defects were noted. Records have been provided to this office indicating such. The fire department stated that the passenger had been transported to the hospital and the flight attendant, mary neal had just requested transport. Initial reports from the fire department indicate that the passenger complained of wrist injury and the flight attendant had a head injury. After speaking to the American eagle airlines flight crew the following morning, captain nelson and first officer melendez informed me that the flight attendant was released. I contacted American eagle airlines, director of flight safety, privacy data omitted. He stated that the passenger's name was privacy data omitted.privacy data omitted Was transferred to upmc presbyterian with a wrist injury and possible spleen laceration.NTSB privacy data omitted contacted me and stated that the NTSB is classifying this as an incident. The passenger was admitted to sewickley valley hospital with wrist and suspected spleen laceration and sent to upmc presbyterian where she underwent further tests and was released. The passenger was released within 24 hours of the initial incident report. Nothing follows
As the FAA filed it
CAPTAIN DAVID FREDERICK NELSON CERTIFICATE NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE DIDN'T BELIEVE THE AIRCRAFT MET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SEVERE TURBULENCE AS FOUND IN HIS AFM AND WAS CONSIDERING MARGINAL TURBULENCE. APPROXIMATELY TEN MINUTES LATER, AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES CALLED BACK AND DECIDED TO GROUND THE AIRCRAFT, ENTER A MAINTENANCE WRITE-UP IN THE AIRCRAFT LOG AND QUALIFY THE TURBULENCE AS SEVERE WHICH WOULD ENSURE THAT MAINTENANCE PROVIDED A SEVERE TURBULENCE INSPECTION. THE MAINTENANCE CREW WORKED THE AIRCRAFT AT US AIRWAYS HANGAR 3. THEY HAD THE PROPER PAPERWORK, PERFORMED THE INSPECTION AND NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED. RECORDS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO THIS OFFICE INDICATING SUCH.THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER HAD BEEN TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL AND THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT, MARY NEAL HAD JUST REQUESTED TRANSPORT. INITIAL REPORTS FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT INDICATE THAT THE PASSENGER COMPLAINED OF WRIST INJURY AND THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT HAD A HEAD INJURY. AFTER SPEAKING TO THE AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES FLIGHT CREW THE FOLLOWING MORNING, CAPTAIN NELSON AND FIRST OFFICER MELENDEZ INFORMED ME THAT THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT WAS RELEASED. I CONTACTED AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES, DIRECTOR OF FLIGHT SAFETY, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. HE STATED THAT THE PASSENGER'S NAME WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS TRANSFERRED TO UPMC PRESBYTERIAN WITH A WRIST INJURY AND POSSIBLE SPLEEN LACERATION.NTSB ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CONTACTED ME AND STATED THAT THE NTSB IS CLASSIFYING THIS AS AN INCIDENT. THE PASSENGER WAS ADMITTED TO SEWICKLEY VALLEY HOSPITAL WITH WRIST AND SUSPECTED SPLEEN LACERATION AND SENT TO UPMC PRESBYTERIAN WHERE SHE UNDERWENT FURTHER TESTS AND WAS RELEASED. THE PASSENGER WAS RELEASED WITHIN 24 HOURS OF THE INITIAL INCIDENT REPORT.NOTHING FOLLOWS
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