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Erj-190 captain reported a flight attendant was injured during a turbulence encounter.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1606333 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201812 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 190/195 ER/LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
Severe; instantaneous; clear-air turbulence was encountered at FL240. The seat belt sign was off at the time of the encounter as we were in smooth flight conditions. Flight attendant #2 reported that she hit her head against the rear aircraft door while she was seated in her jump seat. We reported this severe turbulence event to ATC and changed altitude to FL220 and also asked if there were any other aircraft within our vicinity that could have caused wake turbulence. ATC said there was none. We requested with ZZZ operations to have medical personnel meet the flight attendant (flight attendant) at the aircraft upon arrival to evaluate the injury. A severe turbulence entry was made in the logbook. No other crew or passengers reported injuries from this event.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ERJ-190 Captain reported a Flight Attendant was injured during a turbulence encounter.
Narrative: Severe; Instantaneous; Clear-air turbulence was encountered at FL240. The seat belt sign was off at the time of the encounter as we were in smooth flight conditions. Flight Attendant #2 reported that she hit her head against the rear aircraft door while she was seated in her jump seat. We reported this severe turbulence event to ATC and changed altitude to FL220 and also asked if there were any other aircraft within our vicinity that could have caused wake turbulence. ATC said there was none. We requested with ZZZ operations to have medical personnel meet the FA (Flight Attendant) at the aircraft upon arrival to evaluate the injury. A Severe Turbulence entry was made in the logbook. No other crew or passengers reported injuries from this event.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.