# Accident 20200207007509A: Bombardier Inc CL-600-2D24, Waynesville, NC, February 7, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 2020, 00:50 local time
- Place: Waynesville, NC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: VNAA
- Location: 35.4886° N, 82.9886° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4886&lon=-82.9886&mi=10
- Aircraft: N610NN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N610NN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bombardier CL-600-2D24 (registry code 1390016, https://openairdocs.org/model/bombardier-cl-600-2d24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF34-8C5 (registry code 30050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-8c5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2D24
- People aboard: 74
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 23
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 8,700 total, 2,800 in this make and model, 235 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA20CA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA20CA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200207007509A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 DCA20CA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA20CA071), Feb 7, 2020: Bombardier CL-600-2D24 (N610NN), Waynesville, NC, minor damage. Probable cause: An encounter with severe convective turbulence associated with a strong sheared environment associated with the jet stream.

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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