- Date
- February 24, 2011, 23:30 local (Feb 25, 2011, 04:30 UTC)
- Place
- New York, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 92 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N957UWEmbraer ERJ 190-100 IGW
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Cabin safety event
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Completed · report April 29, 2011
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Case key
- 78707
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Probable cause
Improper latching of the aft galley cart prior to landing.
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
On February 24, 2011 at approximately 2330 eastern standard time, a passenger was seriously injured aboard an Embraer 190, U.S. registration N957UW, operated by USAirways as flight 1290 during landing on runway 22 at New York LaGuardia airport (LGA). The flight was a regularly scheduled domestic flight from Philadelphia, PA (PHL). The aircraft operated two flight segments earlier in the day without incident. Moderate turbulence was reported during final approach, and one of the flight attendants reported observing the aft beverage cart rolling forward. Upon landing during deceleration the cart traveled forward down the aisle striking a passenger's ankle in seat 11D. The B flight attendant and an onboard doctor attended to the passenger. Once at the gate, police and paramedics arrived and removed the passenger by stretcher. US Airways maintenance in LGA examined the cart brakes and the side restraint latches onboard the aircraft and found no anomalies with their operation. No previous maintenance history was found for this aircraft concerning cart restraint latches.
Factual narrative
On February 24, 2011 at approximately 2330 eastern standard time, a passenger was seriously injured aboard an Embraer 190, U.S. registration N957UW, operated by USAirways as flight 1290 during landing on runway 22 at New York LaGuardia airport (LGA). The flight was a regularly scheduled domestic flight from Philadelphia, PA (PHL). The aircraft operated two flight segments earlier in the day without incident. Moderate turbulence was reported during final approach, and one of the flight attendants reported observing the aft beverage cart rolling forward. Upon landing during deceleration the cart traveled forward down the aisle striking a passenger's ankle in seat 11D. The B flight attendant and an onboard doctor attended to the passenger. Once at the gate, police and paramedics arrived and removed the passenger by stretcher. US Airways maintenance in LGA examined the cart brakes and the side restraint latches onboard the aircraft and found no anomalies with their operation. No previous maintenance history was found for this aircraft concerning cart restraint latches.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N957UW
- Reported as
- Embraer ERJ 190-100 IGW
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 19000161
- Engines
- GE CF34-10E6, 18,820 lbs thrust, turbo fanGE CF34-10E6, 18,820 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- US Airways Inc
- Registered owner
- US Airways Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- KPHL · Philadelphia, PA
- Destination
- KLGA · New York, NY
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- KLGA · LaGuardia, runway 22, 7,001 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 59
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 12,277 total · 1,384 in this make and model
- Role
- Co-pilot
- Age
- 35
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Unknown
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 5,437 total · 775 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Wind
- 50° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 32 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.29 inHg
- Observed at
- KLGA
Docket · 7
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 29, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.7 MB in all.