- Date
- September 4, 2022, 20:35 UTC
- Place
- New York, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 117 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N113DQAirbus 220
- Defining event
- Enroute-descent: Turbulence encounter
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Case key
- 105895
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
An encounter with convective turbulence.
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
The flight crew stated that the flight was on the arrival for landing. The seatbelt sign had been on and the flight attendants were making their pre-landing cabin preparations. The flight then entered a small cloud that showed no precipitation on the radar and encountered light to moderate turbulence. When the turbulence occurred one flight attendant who was standing assisting a passenger was thrown to the floor, injuring her right foot. After landing the flight attendant was given medical care and diagnosed with a broken right foot.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N113DQ
- Reported as
- Airbus 220
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 50032
- Built
- 2019
- Engines
- P & W PW1519G, 19,775 lbs thrust, turbo fanP & W PW1519G, 19,775 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Delta Air Lines
- Registered owner
- Bank Of Utah Trustee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- KDFW · Dallas, TX
- Destination
- Same as departure
- 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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- July 28, 2022
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 5-point
- Flight hours
- 4,416 total · 1,469 in this make and model · 1,469 as pilot in command · 168 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Co-pilot
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- August 22, 2022
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 5-point
- Flight hours
- 22 total · 22 in this make and model · 21 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Wind
- 180° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 87 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.05 inHg
- Turbulence
- Moderate