Embraer EMB-145LR N283SK

Summary

On 19 February 2013 at about 21:05 local time, a Embraer EMB-145LR registered N283SK, operated by Chautauqua Airlines Inc, was involved in an accident near Hebron, Kentucky, United States. 54 people were on board and one was seriously injured. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

19 February 2013 at 21:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Hebron, Kentucky, United States

Nearest airport

Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky (KCVG)

Coordinates

39.0472, -84.6689

Aircraft

Embraer EMB-145LR

Registration

N283SK

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Chautauqua Airlines Inc

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Cincinnati → Raleigh-Durham

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DCA13CA056

1 person was seriously injured.

an inadvertent fall out of the open service door because the safety strap was not attached.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On February 19, 2013 at 3:20 pm eastern standard time, a flight attendant fell from an open service door on an Embraer E145, registration N283SK, at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG). The airplane was operated under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121 by Chautauqua Airlines as flight 6169, with an intended destination of Raleigh-Durham International Airport, North Carolina. There were no other injuries to the three flight crew and 50 passengers, and no damage to the airplane. The airplane was stationary at the boarding gate and passengers were boarding the aircraft. The CVG weather observation at the time of the event reported wind from 260 degrees at 25 knots, gusting to 35 knots. The flight attendant stated that after opening the door for the galley service crew, a gust of wind blew papers in the galley area and as she attempted to retrieve them, the wind blew her out the door. The safety strap had not been attached at the time of the event. The flight attendant experienced a serious injury to her vertebrae.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.