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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Embraer S A ERJ 170-200 LR · Denver, CO · July 9, 2020

Date
July 9, 2020 · 17:29 local
Place
Denver, CO
Airport
Denver International
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
SWIA
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N163SY
Reported as
Embraer S A ERJ 170-200 LR
Reported engine
GE CF34-8E5
People aboard
61
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
2
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
13,380 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On decent into Denver, skw 5568 encountered severe turbulence for approximately 20 seconds. 2 flight attendant crew members received minor injuries and 1 passenger was transported to the hospital as a precaution. The passenger was released from the hospital with no injuries. Aw inspector reviewed maintenance inspection records which showed no damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

ON DECENT INTO DENVER, SKW 5568 ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 SECONDS. 2 FLIGHT ATTENDANT CREW MEMBERS RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES AND 1 PASSENGER WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL AS A PRECAUTION. THE PASSENGER WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL WITH NO INJURIES. AW INSPECTOR REVIEWED MAINTENANCE INSPECTION RECORDS WHICH SHOWED NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.