# Incident 20220329004419I: Beech B200, Odessa, TX, March 29, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 2022, 18:45 local time
- Place: Odessa, TX
- Airport: Odessa-Schlemeyer Fld
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.9180° N, 102.3772° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9180&lon=-102.3772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N469SL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N469SL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B200 (registry code 1152922, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6A series (registry code 61508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B200
- Reported engine: U/A CANADA PT6A SERIES
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,300 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN22LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA166) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220329004419I

## Narrative

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

-THE PIC ANTICIPATED A TURBULENT FLIGHT AND ADVISED THE PASSENGERS TO REMAIN SEATED WITH THEIR SEATBELTS FASTENED FOR DURATION OF THE FLIGHT.

-THE FASTEN SEAT BELT SIGN WAS ON THE ENTIRE FLIGHT.

-UNBEKNOWNST TO THE PIC, ONE PASSENGER DID NOT HAVE HIS SEAT BELT FASTENED.

-DURING THE DESCENT FOR APPROACH, THE PIC CYCLED THE SEAT BELT SIGN TO ACTIVATE THE AUDIBLE BELL AND VERBALLY REMINDED THE PASSENGERS TO CHECK THAT THEIR SEAT BELTS WERE FASTENED.

-N469SL WAS DESCENDING TO 5,000MSL DIRECT TO JEMBY FOR THE RNAV RWY 29 WHEN SEVERE TURBULENCE WAS ENCOUNTERED.

-THE TURBULENCE WAS VERY BRIEF.  THE PIC DESCRIBED THE DURATION AS JUST ONE BUMP.

-AS THE TURBULENCE WAS ENCOUNTERED, THE INJURED PASSENGER WAS ATTEMPTING TO FASTEN HIS SEAT BELT. THE PASSENGER WAS THROWN UP AND HIT HIS HEAD HARD ENOUGH TO FRACTURE HIS C-1 VERTEBRA.

-THE REMAINDER OF THE FLIGHT WAS UNEVENTFUL.

-NO DAMAGE TO N469SL WAS FOUND DURING POST FLIGHT VISUAL INSPECTIONS BY PIC AND MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL.

## 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 CEN22LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA166), Mar 29, 2022: Beech B200 (N469SL), Odessa, TX, no damage. Probable cause: The airplane’s encounter with severe clear air turbulence that was not forecasted, which resulted in a serious injury to an unrestrained 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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