Accident · 2004-08-29
What the record says
- Event date
- 2004-08-29
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- Embraer EMB-135KL (N810AE)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
An unexpected encounter with clear air turbulence.
Source: NTSB case IAD04LA050Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.