# Incident 20110207001659I: Embraer EMB-145LR, Georgetown, OH, February 7, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 2011, 13:30 local time
- Place: Georgetown, OH
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SIMA
- Location: 38.8683° N, 83.8993° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Georgetown, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8683&lon=-83.8993&mi=10
- Aircraft: N647AE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N647AE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-145LR (registry code 3260212, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-145lr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison AE-3007A (registry code 03030, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-ae-3007a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER EMB-145LR
- Reported engine: ALLISON AE 3007A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110207001659I

## Narrative

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

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

## Other reports on N647AE (1)

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

- [Incident 20010118002729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010118002729I), Jan 18, 2001: Emb EMB145LR (N647AE), Charleston, WV. (-23) American eagle flight 4020 on climb out from gso enroute to ord made an emergency landing in crw due to a strong electrical smell and smoke in 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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