- Date
- May 11, 2013, 09:20 local (13:20 UTC)
- Place
- Flushing, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Prior to flight
- Aircraft
- N208JQEmbraer-Empresa Brasileira De ERJ 170-200 LR
- Defining event
- Prior to flight: Cabin safety event
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report September 1, 2015
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Case key
- 86905
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Probable cause
The flight attendant's decision to move two galley carts simultaneously that resulted in the second cart tipping over onto her foot.
Findings · 2
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
According to flight attendant (FA) statements, as passenger boarding commenced, the B FA was pushing two galley carts simultaneously from the forward cabin to the rear of the airplane to assist with catering services. The B FA stated that the second cart stalled as it was being maneuvered over a transition strip between the carpeted cabin floor and the rubber matting floor in the aft galley and the cart tipped over onto her left foot. The FA was transported to a hospital for evaluation but due to excessive swelling, the extent of injury could not be determined. X-rays taken during a follow up visit indicated the FA had sustained a left foot fracture.
Factual narrative
According to flight attendant (FA) statements, as passenger boarding commenced, the B FA was pushing two galley carts simultaneously from the forward cabin to the rear of the airplane to assist with catering services. The B FA stated that the second cart stalled as it was being maneuvered over a transition strip between the carpeted cabin floor and the rubber matting floor in the aft galley and the cart tipped over onto her left foot. The FA was transported to a hospital for evaluation but due to excessive swelling, the extent of injury could not be determined. X-rays taken during a follow up visit indicated the FA had sustained a left foot fracture.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N208JQ
- Reported as
- Embraer-Empresa Brasileira De ERJ 170-200 LR
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17000257
- Engines
- GE CF34-8E5, 14,510 lbs thrust, turbo fanGE CF34-8E5, 14,510 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Shuttle America Corp, doing business as Delta Connection
- Registered owner
- Shuttle America Corp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- KLGA · Flushing, NY
- Destination
- KCLT · Charlotte, NC
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- KLGA · LaGuardia Airport
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
- 41
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- February 26, 2013
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,154 total · 6,154 in this make and model
- Role
- Co-pilot
- Age
- 26
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- February 26, 2013
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 170 total · 170 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 190° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.92 inHg
- Observed at
- KLGA
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 1, 2015, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.3 MB in all.