Accident · 2006-05-13
What the record says
- Event date
- 2006-05-13
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- Embraer 145LR (N653AE)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
The passenger's failure to heed the flight attendant warning and the seat belt sign. A factor was the turbulence.
Source: NTSB case NYC06LA115Flight 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.