- Date
- October 26, 2005, 08:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place
- Covington, KY
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 24 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N391CABombardier CL-600-2C10
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Comair
- Case key
- 62773
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Probable cause
The passenger falling while exiting the aircraft using the door-stair during normal deplaning.
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 passenger fell while exiting the aircraft using the door-stair during normal deplaning, and he fractured his cheek bone, sinus cavity, eye cavity, and shoulder.
Factual narrative
On October 26, 2005, about 0800 eastern daylight time, a passenger sustained serious injuries while exiting a Bombardier CL-600-2C10, N391CA, at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG), Covington, Kentucky. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The flight was being operated by Comair, Inc., as a scheduled revenue flight under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 121. The remaining 4 flight crew members and 20 passengers were not injured. Flight 5521 departed Sarasota/Bradenton International Airport (SRQ), Sarasota, Florida, at 0540, and had landed uneventfully at CVG.
The passenger fell while exiting the aircraft using the door-stair during normal deplaning. The passenger reportedly fractured his cheek bone, sinus cavity, eye cavity, and shoulder.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N391CA
- Reported as
- Bombardier CL-600-2C10
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 10108
- Airframe hours
- 6,483
- Engines
- General Electric CF-34-8C1, 12,670 lbs thrust, turbo fanGeneral Electric CF-34-8C1, 12,670 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- Comair Airlines, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · October 1, 2005 · 151 hours before
- Departed
- SRQ · Sarasota, FL
- Destination
- CVG · Covington, KY
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CVG · Cincinnati / Northern Kentucky
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Military
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 1, 2005
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,210 total · 1,300 in this make and model · 5,863 as pilot in command · 115 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Co-pilot
- Age
- 28
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,020 total · 214 in this make and model · 571 as pilot in command · 142 in the last 90 days · 34 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.03 inHg
- Observed at
- CVG