- Date
- June 5, 2011, 21:16 local (Jun 6, 2011, 01:16 UTC)
- Place
- Florence, SC
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 88 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N929LRBombardier CL600-2D24
- Defining event
- Enroute-descent: Turbulence encounter
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Completed · report October 17, 2011
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20110605015789A
- Case key
- 79316
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
The inadvertent in-flight encounter with turbulence, resulting in an injury to a cabin attendant.
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 captain stated that he briefed the flight attendants prior the flight that it would be bumpy since they were flying around thunderstorms. While descending through 15,000 feet, the airplane encountered moderate turbulence for several seconds. According to a flight attendant, they were informing the passengers of their gates for the next connection in the destination terminal when the airplane encountered the turbulence. One of the flight attendants sustained a serious injury while the other was not injured. The airplane was not damaged and landed uneventfully at the destination airport.
Factual narrative
According to the captain, he briefed the flight attendants prior the flight that it would be bumpy since they were flying around thunderstorms. While descending through 15,000 feet, the airplane encountered moderate turbulence for several seconds. According to a flight attendant, they were informing the passengers of their gates for the next connection in the destination terminal, when the airplane encountered the turbulence. One of the flight attendants sustained a serious injury, while the other was not injured. The airplane was not damaged and landed uneventfully at the destination airport.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N929LR
- Reported as
- Bombardier CL600-2D24
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15029
- Airframe hours
- 16,405
- Engines
- GE CF34 SERIES, 9,140 lbs thrust, turbo fanGE CF34 SERIES, 9,140 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Mesa Airlines, doing business as US Airways Express
- Registered owner
- Wells Fargo Bank Northwest Na Trustee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · June 5, 2011
- Departed
- SAV · Savahnna, GA
- Destination
- CLT · Charlotte, NC
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- None
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
- 43
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- February 25, 2011
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 11,600 total · 3,845 in this make and model · 9,750 as pilot in command · 193 in the last 90 days · 56 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Co-pilot
- Age
- 46
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- August 20, 2010
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 5,285 total · 563 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Wind
- 40° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.92 inHg
- Observed at
- FLO
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 22, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 795 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.