# Accident 20210113000079A: Textron Aviation Inc B300, Norfolk, VA, January 13, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 2021, 21:43 local time
- Place: Norfolk, VA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: O2GA
- Location: 33.6667° N, 78.8554° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6667&lon=-78.8554&mi=10
- Aircraft: N862UP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: TEXTRON AVIATION INC B300
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-60A
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 4,685 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA21LA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA115) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210113000079A

## Narrative

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

JANUARY 13, 2021. AT APPROXIMATELY NINE (9) PM EASTERN STANDARD TIME, CIVIL AIRCRAFT N862UP, A TEXTRON AVIATION INC., KING AIR B300, WITH SERIAL NUMBER FL-1061 EXPERIENCED A SEVERE TURBULENCE EVENT WHILE EN-ROUTE FROM NAPLES MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KAPF) TO NORFOLK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KORF). THE CREW REPORTED THAT WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND FEET (25,000) IN THE AIRSPACE ABOVE GRAND STRAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, THEY ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AFTER GAINING SEVEN TO EIGHT HUNDRED FEET (700-800) DURING THE INITIAL ENCOUNTER. THE CREW CLIMBED TO TWENTY NINE THOUSAND FEET (29000) TO EXIT THE TURBULENCE. THEY REPORTED TO THE CONTROLLER, THAT A PASSENGER WAS INJURED AND WAS BLEEDING. ANOTHER PASSENGER ADMINISTERED FIRST AID WHILE THE COPILOT MONITORED THE INJURED PASSENGER.

THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT THE DESTINATION AIRPORT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE INJURED PASSENGER WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT ON HER OWN. THE CREW REQUESTED A WHEELCHAIR AND EMERGENCY SERVICES BE PLANE SIDE TO ASSIST THE PASSENGER TO THE FBO. THE PASSENGER DECLINED ANY FURTHER MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND DEPARTED THE FBO FACILITY IN THEIR PERSONAL VEHICLE. THE PASSENGER WAS ADVISED TO SEEK FOLLOW UP MEDICAL ATTENTION.

JANUARY 20, 2021. ON THIS DATE, THE AIR CARRIER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM THE INJURED PASSENGER THAT AFTER BEING SEEN BY A DOCTOR ON JANUARY 17, THEY DISCOVERED THE ELEVENTH (11) RIB ON THE RIGHT SIDE WAS BROKEN.

## 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 ERA21LA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA115), Jan 14, 2021: Beech 300 (N862UP), Myrtle Beach, SC, no damage. Probable cause: An encounter with severe turbulence, which resulted in serious injury to an unseated passenger.

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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