SERS · EMBRAER EMB-145LR · 2010-06-28 · Pioneer, LA, USA
Event
NTSB number
CEN10LA363
Event ID
20100701X93344
Type
Accident
Date
2010-06-28
Location
Pioneer, LA, USA
Coordinates
32.731485, -91.432869
Injuries
Highest injury
SERS
Fatal
0
Serious
2
Minor
3
Uninjured
40
Total aboard
45
Aircraft
Make
EMBRAER
Model
EMB-145LR
Registration
N601DW
FAR Part
121
Engines
2
Damage
—
Conditions
Light
DUSK
Weather
IMC
Probable cause
The inadvertent encounter with convective weather during cruise flight. Contributing to the accident was the flight crew's failure to detect and avoid the thunderstorm cell earlier in the flight, and the failure of air traffic controllers to provide the convective weather information to the flight crew.