# Incident 20240721009509I: Dhc-8 Q402, Newark, NJ, July 21, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2024, 14:30 local time
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Airport: Newark Liberty International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: P54F
- Location: 40.6925° N, 74.1687° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEWARK LIBERTY INTL (EWR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6925&lon=-74.1687&mi=10
- Aircraft: C-GLQM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DHC-8 Q402
- People aboard: 73
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240721009509I

## Narrative

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

DESCRIPTION ON INCIDENT: ON JULY 21, 2024 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A DE HAVILLAND CANADA DASH 8, WAS INBOUND TO NEWARK LIBERTY AIRPORT (EWR), WHEN THE AIRCRAFTS TCAS SYSTEM ISSUED A RESOLUTION ADVISORY (RE). THE PILOT MANEUVERED THE AIRPLANE IN RESPONSE TO THE RA. AS A RESULT OF THE MANEUVER, THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT WAS INJURED.

CAUSAL AND CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: THE FOLLOW IS AN EXCERPT FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^INTERNAL INCIDENT REPORT.

“APPROACHING EWR ON RADAR VECTORS, THE CREW WAS CLEARED FOR DESCENT FROM 6000 ASL TO 5000 ASL. THE CONTROLLER NOTED TRAFFIC 12 O'CLOCK; THIS WAS FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY A TCAS ADVISORY "TRAFFIC TRAFFIC" THAT APPEARED 0.3 NM 12 O'CLOCK - 400 FT. ATC COMMANDED THE CREW TO EXPEDITE DESCENT; 2000 FT/MIN WAS SELECTED. THE CREW THEN RECEIVED A TCAS RA "MONITOR VERTICAL SPEED" AND CLIMB REVERSAL DEMANDING 4000 FT/MIN. THE AUTOPILOT WAS DISENGAGED, THE TARGET VERTICAL SPEED WAS ACHIEVED, FOLLOWED SHORTLY THEREAFTER BY THE "CLEAR OF CONFLICT" CALLOUT. AFTER THE RA, THE CREW RESUMED 5000 FT. FOLLOWING THE FLIGHT, THE PURSER REPORTED A BRUISE ON HER WRIST BECAUSE OF THE MANEUVER.”

ANALYSIS: THE CREW RESPONDED APPROPRIATELY TO THE TCAS RA. DUE TO THE URGENCY OF THE TCAS RA IT WAS  UNFORTUNATE, AND PERHAPS UNAVOIDABLE, THAT IT RESULTED IN THE MINOR INJURY.

COMMENTS: IN THE INTEREST TO THE OVERALL SAFETY OF THE AIRCRAFT, IT DOESN’T APPEAR THAT THE CREW COULD HAVE PERFORMED THE MANEUVER DIFFERENTLY TO AVOID THE INJURY OF THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT.

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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