# Accident 20190213015829A: Embraer-Empresa Brasileira De ERJ 170-200 LR, Reno, NV, February 13, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 13, 2019, 13:48 local time
- Place: Reno, NV
- Airport: Reno-Tahoe, Nv
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: C77A
- Location: 39.4735° N, 119.8176° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4735&lon=-119.8176&mi=10
- Aircraft: N613CZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N613CZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer-Empresa Brasileira De ERJ 170-200 LR (registry code 3260121, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-empresa-brasileira-de-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-EMPRESA BRASILEIRA DE ERJ 170-200 LR
- Reported engine: GE CF34-8E5
- People aboard: 127
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 7
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA19CA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA19CA081) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190213015829A

## Narrative

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

CPZ5763 WAS ENROUTE FROM KSNA TO KSEA AT FL340.

CPZ6058 (COMPANY TRAFFIC) WAS ENROUTE FROM KSEA TO KLAX AT FL350.

TRAFFIC WAS CALLED FOR EACH AIRCRAFT MORE THAN 20 MILES AWAY.

AT 2032Z, AS THE AIRCRAFT WERE PASSING ABEAM EACH OTHER, CPZ5763 REPORTED SEVERE TURBULENCE AND THAT THEY WERE RESPONDING TO A TCAS RA.

CPZ5763 DESCENDED 300 FEET FOR THE RA.

CPZ6058 ALSO REPORTED TURBULENCE ON THE VERGE OF THE SEVERE BUT NO TCAS RA.

CPZ5763 REPORTED AT LEAST TWO FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WERE INJURED AND POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AS A RESULT OF THE TURBULENCE.

THEY DIVERTED TO KRNO WITH 127 SOB AND 74 MINUTES OF FUEL REMAINING, AND  LANDED AT 2100Z.

AIRPLANE LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT, MEDICAL TEAM MET THE AIRCRAFT AT GATE B8 AND TREATED THE INJURED PASSENGERS AND CREW.

3 FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AND 4 PASSENGERS WERE INJURED DURING THE INCIDENT RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT CLASSIFICATION (BROKEN BONES) THREE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL (ONE CREW AND TWO PASSENGERS).

3 PASSENGERS REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT.

EMERGENCY EGRESS DEPLANING WAS NOT CONDUCTED.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED IN THE EVENT THE NTSB REVIEW OF THE FDR AND CVR PROVIDE MORE DETAILS TO THE EVENT.

## 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 DCA19CA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA19CA081), Feb 13, 2019: Embraer ERJ170 (N613CZ), Reno, NV, minor damage. Probable cause: an inadvertent encounter with convective turbulence that resulted in a TCAS RA, which required an abrupt control input by the flight crew to resolve the conflict.

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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