NTSB CHI06LA016 — 2005-10-26 · Covington, Kentucky, United States

Current FAA registration · N391CA

Make / Model: BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2C10
Year of manufacture: 2003 · 2 years old at event
Engine: GE CF34 SERIES
Seats / Engines: 80 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date: 20030723
ADS-B equipped: Yes — Mode-S A486B3

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N391CA Bombardier, Inc. CL-600-2C10 Serious

Probable cause & findings

The passenger falling while exiting the aircraft using the door-stair during normal deplaning.

Factual narrative

On October 26, 2005, about 0800 eastern daylight time, a passenger sustained serious injuries while exiting a Bombardier CL-600-2C10, N391CA, at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG), Covington, Kentucky. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The flight was being operated by Comair, Inc., as a scheduled revenue flight under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 121. The remaining 4 flight crew members and 20 passengers were not injured. Flight 5521 departed Sarasota/Bradenton International Airport (SRQ), Sarasota, Florida, at 0540, and had landed uneventfully at CVG. The passenger fell while exiting the aircraft using the door-stair during normal deplaning. The passenger reportedly fractured his cheek bone, sinus cavity, eye cavity, and shoulder. The passenger fell while exiting the aircraft using the door-stair during normal deplaning, and he fractured his cheek bone, sinus cavity, eye cavity, and shoulder. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2005_CHI06LA016.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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