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| Date: | Friday 31 October 1997 |
| Time: | 21:32 LT |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-8-202 |
| Owner/operator: | US Airways Express, opby Piedmont Airlines |
| Registration: | N988HA |
| MSN: | 426 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 18 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Jacksonville, FL -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | (KJAX) |
| Tampa, FL (KTPA) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The PIC stated he was on initial climb passing through 4,500 feet when the airplane encountered severe turbulence. The weather radar was on the 50 mile range with no weather depicted except for rain showers. The seatbelt sign was illuminated. A passenger who unbuckled her seatbelt was ejected from her seat and sustained serious injury.
Probable Cause: The passengers failure to secure her seatbelt as directed by the flight crew (seatbelt sign illuminated) on initial takeoff climb resulting in her ejection from her seat during an encounter with turbulence.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA98LA017
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 12-Mar-2024 07:36 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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