Accident · 2007-01-31

NTSB case LAX07CA077 · Bombardier, Inc. DHC-8-103 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 2007-01-31
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Serious injury
Aircraft: Bombardier, Inc. DHC-8-103 (N979HA)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: Hawaii Island Air Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): Hawaii Island Air

Probable cause

an in-flight encounter with clear air turbulence, which resulted in a serious injury to a deadheading crewmember.

Flight 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.

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