- Date
- December 28, 2012, 20:32 local (Dec 29, 2012, 02:32 UTC)
- Place
- Chicago, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 49 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N619AEEmbraer EMB-145LR
- Defining event
- Initial climb: Miscellaneous/other
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 3, 2013
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Case key
- 85913
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Probable cause
The presence of deice fluid on the floor, which resulted in a slip hazard and an injury to the flight attendant.
Findings · 1
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
Shortly after departure, the flight attendant stood up from her jumpseat to begin beverage service. She slipped in the main cabin door floor area and injured her left arm. The flight attendant was unable to perform her crew duties; however, an airline pilot, who was a passenger on the flight, assisted in maintaining cabin safety. The flight attendant reported that there was deicing fluid on the floor, which made the surface slippery. Deice fluid was present on the ramp areas surrounding the airplane.
Factual narrative
Shortly after departure, the flight attendant began beverage service. She slipped on the main cabin door floor area and injured her left arm. The flight attendant was unable to perform her crew duties; however, an airline pilot, who was a passenger on the flight, assisted in maintaining cabin safety. The flight attendant reported that there was de-icing fluid on the floor of the floor which made the surface slippery. Deice fluid was present on the ramp areas surrounding the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N619AE
- Reported as
- Embraer EMB-145LR
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 145101
- Airframe hours
- 31,998
- Engines
- turbo fanRolls-Royce, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- American Eagle Airlines Inc, doing business as American Eagle Airlines Inc
- Registered owner
- American Eagle Airlines Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · December 28, 2012
- Departed
- KORD · Chicago, IL
- Destination
- KTVC · Traverse City, MI
- 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
- 54
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 3, 2012
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 16,575 total · 6,946 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,600 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 32 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.88 inHg
- Observed at
- KORD
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 12, 2013, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.9 MB in all.
Other investigations on N619AE · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.