# Accident 20140822015859A: Embraer S A ERJ170-200LR, Houston, TX, August 22, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 2014, 17:00 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: R61A
- Location: 31.2292° N, 93.6344° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.2292&lon=-93.6344&mi=10
- Aircraft: N421YX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N421YX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer S A ERJ 170-200 LR (registry code 3260415, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-s-a-erj-170-200-lr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF34-8E5 (registry code 30061, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-8e5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER S A ERJ170-200LR
- Reported engine: GE CF34-8E5
- People aboard: 54
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 3
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14CA455](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA455) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140822015859A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 22, 2014, AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME (CDT), REPUBLIC AIRLINES FLIGHT 4344, AN EMBRAER 170-200, ENCOUNTERED WAKE TURBULENCE AT CRUISE JUST PRIOR TO DESCENT INTO GEORGE BUSH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (IAH).  THE PASSENGER FLIGHT WAS OPERATING UNDER 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 121 AND ORIGINATED FROM CHICAGO O'HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (ORD). THE FASTEN SEAT BELT SIGN WAS NOT ILLUMINATED AND THE WAKE TURBULENCE WAS ESTIMATED TO BE LESS THAN FIVE SECONDS IN DURATION.  ONE FLIGHT ATTENDANT SUSTAINED BROKEN RIBS.  THE OTHER FLIGHT ATTENDANT AND ONE PASSENGER HAD MINOR INJURIES.

## 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 CEN14CA455](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA455), Aug 22, 2014: Embraer S A ERJ170-200LR (N421YX), Hemphill, TX, no damage. Probable cause: The airplane's inadvertent encounter with wake turbulence during cruise flight, which resulted in a serious injury to a flight attendant.

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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