- Date
- March 5, 1993, 16:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place
- Philadelphia, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 11 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N175RAde Havilland DHC-7-102
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930305035299A
- Case key
- 11916
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Probable cause
An encounter with turbulence during final approach. A factor related to the accident was that the flight attendant was not seated with a seat belt fastened.
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 commuter flight was on final approach when it encountered turbulence that the captain reported as 'moderate.' During the encounter, a flight attendant fell as she was making her final round in the cabin before the landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N175RA
- Reported as
- de Havilland DHC-7-102
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-50, 1,120 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Trans World Express, doing business as Trans World Express
- Registered owner
- Trans World Express
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- JFK · New York, NY
- Destination
- PHL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- PHL · Philadelphia Intl, runway 17, 5,460 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- 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
- 5,635 total · 1,572 in this make and model · 4,453 as pilot in command · 184 in the last 90 days · 26 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 17 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PHL, 5 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.