Horizon DH8D at Reno on Sep 29th 2013, moderate turbulence causes three injuries
Last Update: August 15, 2014 / 15:04:35 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 29, 2013
Classification
Accident
Airline
Horizon Air
Flight number
QX-441
Departure
Seattle, United States
Destination
Reno, United States
Aircraft Registration
N449QX
Aircraft Type
De Havilland Dash 8 (400)
ICAO Type Designator
DH8D
The NTSB have opened an investigation into the occurrence rated an accident. The aircraft encountered moderate turbulence, a flight attendant assisting a passenger into the seat received serious injuries, two passengers received minor injuries in the encounter.
ATC subsequently changed vectoring for approaching aircraft to have these aircraft avoid the turbulence area.
On Aug 15th 2014 the NTSB released their final report concluding the probable cause of the accident was:
The airplane’s encounter with known moderate-to-severe turbulence, which resulted in a serious injury to a flight attendant.
The NTSB reported that ATC alerted the flight crew of possible turbulence at or below 12,000 feet. When the aircraft levelled off at 10,000 feet the aircraft encountered a series of escalating turbulence jolts each lasting for about one second the most serious reaching category of severe turbulence.
A mountain wave was at 10,000 feet and at several layers above. SIGMETs had been forecasting the possibility of severe turbulence all day.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 29, 2013
Classification
Accident
Airline
Horizon Air
Flight number
QX-441
Departure
Seattle, United States
Destination
Reno, United States
Aircraft Registration
N449QX
Aircraft Type
De Havilland Dash 8 (400)
ICAO Type Designator
DH8D
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