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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Bombardier DHC-8-402 · Billings, MT · July 7, 2011

Date
July 7, 2011 · 19:47 local
Place
Billings, MT
Airport
Logan International Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
QXEA
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N442QX
Reported as
Bombardier DHC-8-402
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW150A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
200 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Report states aircraft encountered moderate to severe turbulance west of Billings after takeoff. Flight attendent incapacitated by leg injury. Flight returned to kbil, landed at 2015 local without further incident. The director of inflight standards and training for horizon air states the f/a hit her head and twisted her knee. Did not stay overnight at hospital and deadheaded out of Billings on a later flight. Horizon cmo involved with incident from initial notification, aircraft FDR removed for analysis and aircraft inspected iaw company severe turbulence inspection - no defect found. This is an informational copy only to record the circumstances surrounding the event.

As the FAA filed it

REPORT STATES AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED MODERATE TO SEVERE TURBULANCE WEST OF BILLINGS AFTER TAKEOFF. FLIGHT ATTENDENT INCAPACITATED BY LEG INJURY. FLIGHT RETURNED TO KBIL, LANDED AT 2015 LOCAL WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE DIRECTOR OF INFLIGHT STANDARDS AND TRAINING FOR HORIZON AIR STATES THE F/A HIT HER HEAD AND TWISTED HER KNEE. DID NOT STAY OVERNIGHT AT HOSPITAL AND DEADHEADED OUT OF BILLINGS ON A LATER FLIGHT. HORIZON CMO INVOLVED WITH INCIDENT FROM INITIAL NOTIFICATION, AIRCRAFT FDR REMOVED FOR ANALYSIS AND AIRCRAFT INSPECTED IAW COMPANY SEVERE TURBULENCE INSPECTION - NO DEFECT FOUND.THIS IS AN INFORMATIONAL COPY ONLY TO RECORD THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE EVENT.