# Incident 20110707013649I: Bombardier Inc DHC-8-402, Billings, MT, July 7, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2011, 19:47 local time
- Place: Billings, MT
- Airport: Logan International Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: QXEA
- Location: 45.7833° N, 108.5007° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Billings, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7833&lon=-108.5007&mi=10
- Aircraft: N442QX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N442QX-2024-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bombardier DHC-8-402 (registry code 1390042, https://openairdocs.org/model/bombardier-dhc-8-402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW150A (registry code 52167, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw150a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOMBARDIER INC DHC-8-402
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW150A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110707013649I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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