# NTSB ERA13CA147: Embraer ERJ 190-100 IGW, N164HQ, Tunica, MS, February 24, 2013 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: February 24, 2013, 17:45 local (23:45 UTC) - Place: Tunica, MS - Coordinates: 34.685001, -90.347778 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6850&lon=-90.3478&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Cabin safety event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/110) - Highest injury: Serious injuries - Injuries: 1 serious, 3 uninjured - Status: Completed, report July 18, 2013 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: Republic Airways, FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 86307 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA13CA147 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/86307/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=86307 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13CA147 ## Probable cause The cabin attendant's failure to follow published guidance and checklists before and during landing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Equipment/furnishings: buffet/galleys](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022530): Aircraft › Aircraft systems · Incorrect use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Embraer ERJ 190-100 IGW, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022530/cases.md?model=3260408), [All aircraft, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022530/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: use of policy/procedure](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063032): Personnel issues › Task performance · Cabin crew (probable cause); cases with it: [Embraer ERJ 190-100 IGW, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063032/cases.md?model=3260408), [All aircraft, 191 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063032/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Cabin safety event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/110) (defining event); cases with it: [Embraer ERJ 190-100 IGW, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/110/sequence.md?model=3260408), [All aircraft, 151 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/110/sequence.md) ## Analysis At the conclusion of a repositioning flight with no passengers on board, a cabin attendant was seriously injured when she was struck by an unsecured galley cart during landing. Contrary to company training, guidance, and checklists, the cabin attendant was standing in the forward cabin, and the galley cart was left unsecured in the aft galley before touchdown. During landing and deceleration, the cart travelled the length of the cabin and collided with the unseated cabin attendant. According to the cabin attendant, the cart that struck her was part of her area of responsibility, and examination of the galley cart wheel locks and the galley cart receptacle locks after the accident revealed they operated as designed, with no anomalies noted. ## Factual narrative At the conclusion of a repositioning flight with no passengers on board, a cabin attendant was seriously injured when she was struck by an unsecured galley cart during landing. Contrary to company training, guidance, and checklists, the cabin attendant was standing in the forward cabin, and the galley cart was left unsecured in the aft galley prior to touchdown. During landing and deceleration, the cart travelled the length of the cabin and collided with the unseated cabin attendant. According to the cabin attendant, the cart that struck her was part of her area of responsibility, and examination of the galley cart wheel locks and the galley cart receptacle locks after the accident revealed they operated as designed, with no anomalies noted. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N164HQ](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N164HQ-2016-04-14), registration cancelled 2016-04-14, S/N 19000275, built 2009 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: EMBRAER ERJ 190-100 IGW - Registry model: [Embraer ERJ 190-100 IGW](https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-erj-190-100-igw) (registry code 3260408) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [GE CF34-10E5A1](https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-10e5a1) (registry code 30022, turbo-fan) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 19000275 - Airframe hours: 10253 - Engines: GE CF34-10E5A1 18820 lbs thrust turbo fan; GE CF34-10E5A1 18820 lbs thrust turbo fan - Damage: No damage - Flight: Positioning, Part 91 - Operator: Republic Airlines - Registered owner: Bank Of Utah Trustee - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Continuous airworthiness, January 8, 2013 - Departed: ISO, Kinston, NC - Destination: UTA, Tunica, MS - Flight plan: IFR - Airport: UTA, Tunica Municipal, runway 17, 8,500 × 150 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 46; injuries: none; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 5,669 in this make and model - Co-pilot; age 27; injuries: none; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; seat: right; flight hours: 999,999 total, 977 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20130224002729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130224002729A), Feb 24, 2013: Embraer ERJ 190-100 IGW, Tunica, MS, No damage. A serious flight attendant injury was reported on republic airlines flight 6509 on 2/24/2013. Flight 6509 was a repositioning/ferry flight operating between… ## Docket (9 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 27, 2013, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=86307. 963 KB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 176 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40388621&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF - Captain Statement (item 2, .PDF, 39 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40388622&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Captain%20Statement-Redacted.PDF - First Officer Statement (item 3, .PDF, 40 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40388623&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=First%20Officer%20Statement-Redacted.PDF - Injured Flight Attendant Statement (item 4, .PDF, 46 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40388624&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Injured%20Flight%20Attendant%20Statement-Redacted.PDF - Jump Seat Flight Attendant Statement (item 5, .PDF, 64 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40388625&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Jump%20Seat%20Flight%20Attendant%20Statement-Redacted.PDF - Excerpts of Flight Operations Manual: Flight Deck Access (item 6, .PDF, 182 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40388626&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Excerpts%20of%20Flight%20Operations%20Manual%3A%20Flight%20Deck%20Access-Master.PDF - Excerpts from Flight Attendant Manual: Cabin Policies (item 7, .PDF, 293 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40388627&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Excerpts%20from%20Flight%20Attendant%20Manual%3A%20Cabin%20Policies-Master.PDF - Operator Memorandum: Cockpit Door (item 8, .PDF, 89 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40388628&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Operator%20Memorandum%3A%20Cockpit%20Door-Master.PDF - Operator Memorandum: Repositioning Flights, Cockpit Door, and Cockpit Jumpseat Access (item 9, .PDF, 33 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40388629&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Operator%20Memorandum%3A%20Repositioning%20Flights,%20Cockpit%20Door,%20and%20Cockpit%20Jumpseat%20Access-Master.PDF From the NTSB's public API. 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