- Date
- March 23, 1993, 18:52 local (23:52 UTC)
- Place
- Jacksonville, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 21 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N928HAde Havilland DHC-8-102
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930323006759A
- Case key
- 33245
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Probable cause
The operator's lack of adequate instructions to crewmembers as to when flight attendants can resume cabin duties after being told to be seated by the captain.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
38 Mi from the destination arpt, the capt notified the f/a to be seated due to possible turbulence encounter. After completing the approach checklist, the f/a was given the signal to perform the final cabin check. 9 mi from the arpt, the flight encountered 'a single strong windshear' which caused the f/a to be thrown against the ceiling & then to the floor. At the time of the occurence, the airplane was operating within a weak level I wx radar return, within 6 mi of a level ii return, and within 9 mi of a very strong level iv return. The operator's flt ops manual states that the capt will advise the f/a as to whether or not he/she should be seated with the seat belt fastened. In addition, neither the flt ops manual nor the f/a manual gave any instructions as to when the f/a should resume his/her duties after being told to be seated, nor was the capt instructed to notify the f/a to resume his/her duties.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N928HA
- Reported as
- de Havilland DHC-8-102
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- DHC-8-102
- Airframe hours
- 12,081
- Engine
- P&W 120A, 2,000 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Henson Aviation, Inc., doing business as Usair Express
- Registered owner
- Westinghouse Credit Corp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · March 21, 1993 · 18 hours before
- Departed
- TPA · Tampa, FL
- 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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,065 total · 2,650 in this make and model · 6,681 as pilot in command · 171 in the last 90 days · 104 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 160° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JAX, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.