# Accident 20160103000309A: Embraer ERJ 170-100 SE, Morrisville, NC, January 3, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 2016, 11:45 local time
- Place: Morrisville, NC
- Airport: Raleigh-Durham International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UHLA
- Location: 35.8775° N, 78.7875° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8775&lon=-78.7875&mi=10
- Aircraft: N643RW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER ERJ 170-100 SE
- Reported engine: GE CF34 SERIES
- People aboard: 72
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA16CA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16CA041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160103000309A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 3, 2016, SHUTTLE AMERICA CORPORATION (UHLA640I), OPERATED AN EMBRAER ERJ-170-100SE, N643RW, UNDER 14 CFR PART 121, AS FLIGHT 3448, BETWEEN PALM BEACH, FL (PBI) AND NEWARK, NJ (EWR).  AT 11:45 EASTERN TIME, APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES NORTH OF RALEIGH DURHAM, NC (RDU), FLIGHT 3448 ENCOUNTERED UNEXPECTED ROUGH AIR.  THIS CAUSED THE AFT BEVERAGE CART TO BUMP INTO THE POSITION ?B? FLIGHT ATTENDANT?S WRIST. FLIGHT 3448 CONTINUED TO ITS DESTINATION WITH NO REPORTED 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 DCA16CA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16CA041), Jan 3, 2016: Embraer ERJ 170 100 SE (N643RW), Raleigh, NC, no damage. Probable cause: an encounter with turbulence resulting 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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