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Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Santo Domingo
Wednesday, March 19, 2003 17:00 AST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On March 19, 2003, about 1700 Atlantic standard time, an Aerospatiale ATR 42-300, N216AT, registered to GPA ATR II Inc., and operated by American Eagle Executive Airlines Inc., as flight 5188, a Title 14 CFR Part 121 scheduled international passenger flight, encountered severe turbulence while en route to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and an instrument flight rules flight plan was filed. The airline transport-rated pilot and first officer were not injured, and the flight attendant received serious injuries. The airplane did not incur any damage. The flight originated in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the same day, about 1600.
The flight attendant stated that the flight was close to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and the captain had warned that in about 5 minutes they would be encountering turbulence. The flight attendant further stated that he secured the cabin, and sat down, but as they encountered turbulence an elderly passenger was frightened, and he went to assist her. As he was returning to his seat he said the turbulence became severe, and as he was shifting his weight so as not to fall on a passenger, he injured his right ankle.
After the airplane landed, examination of the flight attendant by medical personnel revealed that he had suffered a fracture to a bone in his foot.
The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of the Dominican Republic. Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from:
Direccion General de Aeronautica Civil
Oficinas Gubernamentales
Ave. Mexico, esq. Ave Dr Delgado
Bloque "A", 2do Nivel
Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana
Telephone: (809) 221-7909
This report is for informational purposes only, and contains only information obtained for or released by the Government of the Dominican Republic.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 3/19/2003 |
| Event Day of the Week | Wednesday |
| Time of Event | 1700 |
| Event Time Zone | Atlantic Standard Time |
| Event City | Santo Domingo |
| Event State | -- |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | -- |
| Event Date Year | 2003 |
| Event Date Month | 3 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | -- |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | -- |
| Event Location Latitude | 190000N |
| Event Location Longitude | 0704000W |
| Event Location Airport | -- |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | -- |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | -- |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | -- |
| Time of the weather observation | |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | -- |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | -- |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | -- |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | -- |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | -- |
| Lighting Conditions | -- |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | -- |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | -- |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -- |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | -- |
| Variable Wind Indicator | -- |
| Wind Speed (knots) | -- |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | -- |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Serious |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 40 |
| Injury Total Serious | 1 |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | Assoc of Flight Attendants |
| NTSB Notification Date | Mar 28 2003 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1552 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Apr 10 2003 1:41PM |
| User who most recently changed record | KENJ |
| Basic weather conditions | -- |
| FAA District Office | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
|
| Aircraft Registration Number | N216AT |
| NTSB Number | MIA03WA084 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 121: Air Carrier |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | Yes |
| Damage | None |
| Aircraft Fire | -- |
| Aircraft Explosion | -- |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Aerospatiale |
| Aircraft Model | ATR-42-300 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | -- |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | -- |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | -- |
| Number of Engines | -- |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | -- |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | -- |
| ELT Activated | -- |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | -- |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | -- |
| Aircraft Owner State | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Country | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | -- |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | -- |
| Operator Same as Owner? | -- |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | -- |
| Operator Street Address | P.O. Box 38082 |
| Operator City | San Juan |
| Operator State | PR |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 00937 |
| Operator Code | TRBA |
| Owner has at least one certificate | -- |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | Scheduled |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | International |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | Passenger Only |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | -- |
| Second Pilot on Board | -- |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | SJU |
| Departure City | San Juan |
| Departure State | PR |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 1600 |
| Departure Time Zone | -- |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | SJQ |
| Destination City | Santo Domingo |
| Destination State | -- |
| Destination Country | DR |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Cruise |
| Report sent to ICAO? | No |
| Evacuation occurred | No |
| Date of most recent change to record | Apr 10 2003 1:41PM |
| User who most recently changed record | KENJ |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | -- |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |