# Incident 20110905023969I: Cessna 560XL, Niles, MI, September 5, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2011, 15:47 local time
- Place: Niles, MI
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8345° N, 86.2479° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Niles, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8345&lon=-86.2479&mi=10
- Aircraft: N228PC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 560XL
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW545B
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110905023969I

## Narrative

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

ON 9/5/2011 N228PC DEPARTED MDW ENROUTE TO CMH. REQUESTED FL290 AND WAS CLEARED TO FL250 TO STAY BELOW SEVERE TURBULENCE REPORT FL285BFL290. FL 250 WAS REPORTED AS GOOD RIDE BY CHQ1958 AT1943Z. N228PC ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE AT FL250 AT 1947Z 10 MILES NE OF GIJ. PASSENGER GETTING UP OUT OF CHAIR DURING TURBULENCE FELL INTO ISLE AND SUFFERED A STIFF BACK. PILOT ASSISTED PASSENGER AND SUSTAINED SCRAPE TO HEAD WHEN SEVERE TURBULENCE WAS ENCOUNTERED. BOTH INJURIES MINOR. NO DAMAMGE TO AIRCRAFT. NO OTHER INJURIES. 6 PASSENGERS ON BOARD. AIRCRAFT LANDED AT CMH AT 2020Z WITHOUT INCIDENT. DEPARTED CMH AND CONTINUED TO MDW NORMALLY. WEATHER DATA: CWA ZAU 101 1900-2100 SEVERE TURB FL330 AT 1839Z; PIREP SVR TURB BY B752 AT FL285B290

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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