# Incident 20110423007679I: Embraer ERJ 170-100 SE, Detroit, MI, April 23, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 2011, 01:13 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Detroit Metropolitan Wayne Cou
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UHLA
- Location: 42.2138° N, 83.3538° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2138&lon=-83.3538&mi=10
- Aircraft: N655RW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N655RW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer ERJ 170-100 SE (registry code 3260406, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-erj-170-100-se) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF34 series (registry code 30015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER ERJ 170-100 SE
- Reported engine: GE CF34 SERIES
- People aboard: 74
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 8,200 total, 4,535 in this make and model, 233 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110423007679I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 23, 2011 SHUTTLE AMERICA FLIGHT 7619, ERJ170, ORD-EWR, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, AND DIVERTED TO DTW DUE TO ENCOUNTERING SEVERE TURBULENCE OVER CARLETON, MICHIGAN, AT FL330.  TWO FLIGHT ATTENDANTS RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF PERFORMING THEIR DUTIES IN THE CABIN, AND WERE TAKEN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM UPON ARRIVAL INTO DTW.THE FLIGHT WAS IMC AT THE TIME, AND HAD BEEN DIVERTING AROUND THUNDERSTORMS WHEN THEY ENCOUNTERED THE TURBULENCE.  THE PILOT'S STATED THEY WERE NOT SHOWING ANY WEATHER ON THE RADAR AT THE TIME OF THE ENCOUNTER, AND THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF SEVERE TURBULENCE IN ANY OF THE FORECASTS.ALL CREWMEMBERS REPORTED THE CAPTAIN HAD INFORMED THEM OF THE POSSIBILITY OF TURBULENCE, AND THEY WERE TOLD TO REMAIN SEATED UNTIL THEY BECAME INFORMED OTHERWISE.ONE OF THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT'S STATED "BECAUSE THE FLIGHT DECK DOESN'T ALWAYS CALL BACK TO TELL THEM OTHERWISE", THEY USED THEIR OWN DISCRETION TO GET UP WHEN THE TURBULENCE APPEARED TO DISSIPATE.

## Other reports on N655RW (1)

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

- [Accident 20160726011589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160726011589A), Jul 26, 2016: Embraer ERJ 170-100 SE (N655RW), Cleveland, OH, No damage. On July 27, 2016, about 1700 eastern standard time (EST) (2200Z), republic airlines, inc., flight 3458, an Embraer 170-100, N655RW, experienced unanticipated…

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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