# NTSB CHI06LA016: Bombardier CL-600-2C10, N391CA, Covington, KY, October 26, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 26, 2005, 08:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place: Covington, KY
- Coordinates: 39.046112, -84.663887
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0461&lon=-84.6639&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 24 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 29, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Comair
- NTSB case key (mKey): 62773
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI06LA016
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/62773/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06LA016

## Probable cause

The passenger falling while exiting the aircraft using the door-stair during normal deplaning.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Miscellaneous/other, standing - engine(s) not operating
  - miscellaneous, passenger (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N391CA), registered now, S/N 10108, built 2003 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Bombardier, Inc. CL-600-2C10
- Registry model: [Bombardier CL-600-2C10](https://openairdocs.org/model/bombardier-cl-600-2c10) (registry code 1390015) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [GE CF34 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-series) (registry code 30015, turbo-fan) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 10108
- Airframe hours: 6483
- Engines: General Electric CF-34-8C1 12670 lbs thrust turbo fan; General Electric CF-34-8C1 12670 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; injuries: none; 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
- Co-pilot; age 28; injuries: none; 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

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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