What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Psa airlines, inc. flight JIA5634 encountered clear air turbulence while enroute from charlotte Douglas international airport (clt) to knoxville mcghee-tyson airport (tys) on February 7, 2020. The aircraft involved in the accident was a CL-600-2D24, registration N610NN. While descending into the tys airport the flight was advised of moderate to extreme precipitation in the area they were navigating through. The pilots stated in their report that their radar depicted no precipitation while descending through various cloud layers. At approximately FL185, while descending, the flight encountered severe turbulence. The autopilot, which was engaged, disconnected and the aircraft begin a rapid descent. The pilots stopped the descent and reengaged the autopilot but were still experiencing moderate to severe turbulence while in VMC conditions. Atlanta center was notified of the severe turbulence encounter. The captain contacted the cabin to check on the status of the cabin. A deadheading psa flight attendant answered the interphone and notified the captain that the both flight attendants had been injured. Two flight attendants on board the flight took over for the injured flight attendants. The flight crew notified tys approach upon initial contact of the need for medical personnel to meet the flight at the gate. The flight continued it?s descent into tys where it was met by emergency medical personnel at the gate. The flight crew performed a post-flight walk-around and saw no evidence of damage to the aircraft. The severe turbulence event was entered into the aircraft maintenance log. Damage to aircraft was discovered by maintenance.
As the FAA filed it
PSA AIRLINES, INC. FLIGHT JIA5634 ENCOUNTERED CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE WHILE ENROUTE FROM CHARLOTTE DOUGLAS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (CLT) TO KNOXVILLE MCGHEE-TYSON AIRPORT (TYS) ON FEBRUARY 7, 2020. THE AIRCRAFT INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT WAS A CL-600-2D24, REGISTRATION N610NN. WHILE DESCENDING INTO THE TYS AIRPORT THE FLIGHT WAS ADVISED OF MODERATE TO EXTREME PRECIPITATION IN THE AREA THEY WERE NAVIGATING THROUGH. THE PILOTS STATED IN THEIR REPORT THAT THEIR RADAR DEPICTED NO PRECIPITATION WHILE DESCENDING THROUGH VARIOUS CLOUD LAYERS. AT APPROXIMATELY FL185, WHILE DESCENDING, THE FLIGHT ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE. THE AUTOPILOT, WHICH WAS ENGAGED, DISCONNECTED AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGIN A RAPID DESCENT. THE PILOTS STOPPED THE DESCENT AND REENGAGED THE AUTOPILOT BUT WERE STILL EXPERIENCING MODERATE TO SEVERE TURBULENCE WHILE IN VMC CONDITIONS. ATLANTA CENTER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE SEVERE TURBULENCE ENCOUNTER. THE CAPTAIN CONTACTED THE CABIN TO CHECK ON THE STATUS OF THE CABIN. A DEADHEADING PSA FLIGHT ATTENDANT ANSWERED THE INTERPHONE AND NOTIFIED THE CAPTAIN THAT THE BOTH FLIGHT ATTENDANTS HAD BEEN INJURED. TWO FLIGHT ATTENDANTS ON BOARD THE FLIGHT TOOK OVER FOR THE INJURED FLIGHT ATTENDANTS. THE FLIGHT CREW NOTIFIED TYS APPROACH UPON INITIAL CONTACT OF THE NEED FOR MEDICAL PERSONNEL TO MEET THE FLIGHT AT THE GATE. THE FLIGHT CONTINUED IT?S DESCENT INTO TYS WHERE IT WAS MET BY EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERSONNEL AT THE GATE. THE FLIGHT CREW PERFORMED A POST-FLIGHT WALK-AROUND AND SAW NO EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE SEVERE TURBULENCE EVENT WAS ENTERED INTO THE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE LOG. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WAS DISCOVERED BY MAINTENANCE.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.