# Incident 20230725006629I: Dehavilland DHC-8-402, Elmira, NY, July 25, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 2023, 13:40 local time
- Place: Elmira, NY
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: P54F
- Location: 42.0934° N, 76.8096° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Elmira, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0934&lon=-76.8096&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DEHAVILLAND DHC-8-402
- People aboard: 27
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230725006629I

## Narrative

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

ELMIRA/CORNING, NY: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EWR-CYTZ, ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE DURING CLIMB OUT AT 15,000 FEET. PILOTS REPORTED THAT A PASSENGER NOT WEARING A SEATBELT STUCK THE CEILING OF THE CABIN SUSTAINING AN UNKNOWN INJURY. FLIGHT CONTINUED TO DESTINATION AND LANDED. FURTHER INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THERE WERE A TOTAL TWO PASSENGERS THAT SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES.

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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