# Accident 20221224020209A: Gulfstream Aerospace GIV-X (G450), Miami, FL, December 24, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 2022, 12:48 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: J7SA
- Location: 25.7743° N, 80.1937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Miami, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7743&lon=-80.1937&mi=10
- Aircraft: N456FX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N456FX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gulfstream Aerospace GIV-X (G450) (registry code 3980205, https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-aerospace-giv-x-g450) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce TAY-611-8C (registry code 54073, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-tay-611-8c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE GIV-X (G450)
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC TAY 611-8C
- People aboard: 14
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA23LA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23LA107) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221224020209A

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE AT 36000 FEET WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT.  THE AUTOPILOT WAS ON, THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED UP AND DOWN WITH A HARD JOLT.  CABIN SERVER FELL AND FRACTURED LEG IN TWO LOCATIONS REQUIRING TWO SURGERIES.  ONE PASSENGER REPORTED BACK PAIN AND WAS TRANSPORTED AND RELEASED.

## 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 DCA23LA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23LA107), Dec 24, 2022: Gulfstream Aerospace GIV-X (G450) (N456FX), Miami, FL, no damage. Probable cause: An unanticipated encounter with convective induced turbulence from developing cumulus clouds below the flight path, which produced strong updrafts and downdrafts.

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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