# Incident 20200329003049I: Embraer ERJ-170-200LR, Winchester, VA, March 29, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 2020, 14:28 local time
- Place: Winchester, VA
- Airport: Dulles, Va
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: R61A
- Location: 39.1739° N, 78.1764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Winchester, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1739&lon=-78.1764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N736YX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N736YX) (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 ERJ-170-200LR
- Reported engine: GE CF34-8E5
- People aboard: 15
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200329003049I

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 1925Z, RPA3551, MCI-IAD, ENCOUNTERED MODERATE AND SEVERE TURBULENCE DURING DESCENT APPROXIMATELY 50NM NORTHWEST OF THE DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, VA. THE CAPTAIN COULD SEE A CULMULUS CLOUD DECK BELOW THE AIRCRAFT ON THEIR DESCENT PATH. ALTHOUGH NO OTHER AIRCRAFT WERE REPORTING TURBULENCE AND NONE WAS FORECAST, HE CALLED THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AND TOLD THEM TO CLEAN UP AND TAKE THEIR SEATS IN ANTICIPATION OF POTENTIAL TURBULENCE AHEAD.

AS THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED THE CLOUDS AT 12,000 FEET, THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED MODERATE TURBULENCE. THEY ENCOUNTERED MOMENTARY SEVERE TURBULENCE AS THEY EXITED THE CLOUD BASE AT 8,000 FEET. BOTH THE A AND B FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WERE NOT YET SEATED PRIOR TO THE TURBULENCE ENCOUNTER. THEY RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES DURING THE EVENT INCLUDING BRUISES TO THE NECK AND BACK. THERE WERE NO PASSENGER INJURIES.

THE CAPTAIN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RECEIVED PRIORITY HANDLING TO THE AIRPORT. THEY LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND PARAMEDICS MET THE AIRCRAFT AT THE GATE. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WERE TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL WHERE THEY WERE TREATED AND RELEASED. A POST FLIGHT MAINTENANCE INSPECTION INDICATED THAT THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

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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