- Date
- May 21, 1986, 19:05 local (23:05 UTC)
- Place
- Hopewell, VA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 10 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N331SBShort Brothers SD3-30
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860521050939A
- Case key
- 11248
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The captain reported that moderate to severe turbulence was encountered while passing through some clouds. He called the flight attendant on the intercom and told her to sit down; while she was attempting to answer the intercom, an object from the galley area fell on her foot and broke it.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N331SB
- Reported as
- Short Brothers SD3-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- SH3015
- Airframe hours
- 13,921
- Engine
- P&W PT 6A-45, 1,000 lbs thrust, turbo prop
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Colgan Airways Corp, doing business as New York Air Connection
- Registered owner
- Short Aircraft USA
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · May 11, 1986 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- ORF · Norfolk, VA
- Destination
- IAD · Dulles, VA
- Flight plan
- IFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,200 total · 750 in this make and model · 130 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.