# Incident 20210609004299I: Honda Aircraft Co LLC HA-420, Atlantic City, NJ, June 9, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2021, 15:50 local time
- Place: Atlantic City, NJ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: 4PMA
- Location: 39.3773° N, 74.4511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlantic City, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3773&lon=-74.4511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N416JT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N416JT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Honda HA-420 (registry code 4400000, https://openairdocs.org/model/honda-ha-420) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE Honda HF-120 (registry code 30200, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-honda-hf-120) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HONDA AIRCRAFT CO LLC HA-420
- Reported engine: GE HONDA HF-120
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 3,680 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210609004299I

## Narrative

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

JETIT817 (N416JT) WAS ON A FLIGHT FROM KCLT TO KBLM. ATC ISSUED MULTIPLE CHANGES TO BOTH ROUTE AND ALTITUDES LEADING THE PILOTS TO REQUEST A DIVERSION TO KACY TO MAKE A FUEL STOP. WHILE IN CLEAR AIR BETWEEN TWO THUNDERSTORM CELLS (MAINTAINING MORE THAN 20NM DISTANCE FROM EACH) THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED SEVERE TURBULENCE. THE PILOTS REPORTED THEIR ISSUE AND CONTINUED ON APPROACH TO KACY WHILE ATC DECLARED AND EMERGENCY FOR THEM. UPON LANDING THE NOTED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE FROM HAIL.

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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