# Accident 20120303006009A: Bombardier Inc CL-600-2B19, Harrisburg, PA, March 3, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 2012, 17:45 local time
- Place: Harrisburg, PA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: A6WA
- Location: 40.2333° N, 76.9667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2333&lon=-76.9667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N453AW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N453AW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bombardier CL-600-2B19 (registry code 1390008, https://openairdocs.org/model/bombardier-cl-600-2b19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF34 series (registry code 30015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2B19
- Reported engine: GE CF34 SERIES
- People aboard: 50
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 6,225 total, 5,104 in this make and model, 171 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA12CA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA12CA059) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120303006009A

## Narrative

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

ON 03/03/2012, AIR WISCONSIN FLIGHT #3733 FROM CLEVELAND HOPKINS AIRPORT (KCLE) WAS ON DESCENT ON THE BOJID ONE ARRIVAL INTO PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KPHL). WHILE NEAR THE HARRISBURG VOR, THE FLIGHT ENCOUNTERED SOME MODERATE TURBULENCE, SO THE FLIGHTCREW TURNED ON THE FASTEN SEAT BELT SIGN. SOON AFTER THAT, THEY ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE BETWEEN 17,000 AND 18,000 FEET. THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED A SUDDEN LOSS OF 300 FEET.THE CAPTAIN AND FIRST OFFICER HIT THEIR HEADS ON THE COCKPIT CEILING. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT WAS THEN CALLED ON THE INTERCOM TO CHECK HER CONDITION. SHE HAD BEEN STANDING IN THE GALLEY PUTTING AWAY SUPPLIES AFTER HER BEVERAGE SERVICE WHEN THE TURBULENCE WAS ENCOUNTERED. SHE WAS LIFTED OFF THE FLOOR, HIT HER HEAD, THEN CAME DOWN AND STRUCK THE FLOOR ON HER BUTTOCKS. SHE WAS STILL ON THE FLOOR WHEN THE FLIGHTCREW CALLED, AND HAD TO GET ASSISTANCE FROM A PASSENGER TO HAND HER THE HANDSET TO TALK TO THE FLIGHTCREW VIA THE INTERCOM. SHE STATED SHE WAS IN A LOT OF PAIN, BUT WAS ABLE TO RETURN TO HER JUMSPSEAT FOR ARRIVAL.THE FLIGHTCREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, AND REQUESTED THAT MEDICAL ASSISTANCE BE WAITING AT THE GATE WHEN THEY ARRIVED.UPON ARRIVAL AT THE GATE, THE PILOT IN COMMAND CAME BACK AND OPENED THE PASSENGER DOOR FOR THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT. ONCE THE FIRST ROW OF PASSENGERS DEPLANED, THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT MOVED TO THOSE SEATS, WHILE THE REST OF THE PASSENGERS DISEMBARKED. NO PASSENGERS HAD BEEN INJURED IN THE ENCOUNTER. ONCE ALL THE PASSENGERS WERE OFF THE AIRCRAFT, PARAMEDICS PLACED THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT ON AN IMMOBILIZING BOARD WITH A NECKBRACE AND TOOK HER TO THE HOSPITAL FOR EXAMINATION. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT WAS TAKEN TO THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL, WERE SHE WAS DISCHARGED THE NEXT DAY (03/04/2012) WITH A DIAGNOSIS OF A FRACTURED L1 VERTEBRAE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DCA12CA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA12CA059), Mar 3, 2012: Bombardier CL-600-2B19 (N453AW), Harrisburg, PA, no damage. Probable cause: an inadvertent encounter with clear air turbulence during descent.

## Other reports on N453AW (1)

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

- [Incident 20050101008719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050101008719I), Jan 1, 2005: Cndair CL6002B19 (N453AW), Madison, WI, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft slid off the end of runway 36 under poor braking conditions. Area of touchdown unknown.

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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