Extremely Severe Turbulence Sends People to Hospital

Yesterday....over southern colorado. I would call it "Slightly, maybe, greater than moderate" but an airbus and a lear in the vicinity called it "severe," so yeah it wasn't pretty. George was screaming and dinging, and my back is kinda sore, but I didn't hear screams from the folks in the back.

"Screams from the back" will now be a factor in determining levels of turbulence. AIM revision forthcoming.
 
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Turbulence over the west can be extremely localized. Best to avoid certain areas altogether. It helps tremendously if you have 80 years of met data to draw from, and perhaps even have a formalized system for alerting crews when such conditions may exist.

Yes, I seem to recall reading something about that...

Richman
 
Richman said:
Turbulence over the west can be extremely localized. Best to avoid certain areas altogether. It helps tremendously if you have 80 years of met data to draw from, and perhaps even have a formalized system for alerting crews when such conditions may exist.

Yes, I seem to recall reading something about that...

Richman
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I thought you guys were bringing that back?
 
PC-12 going into HND from the south. Hit the only small cloud in the area. Head hit the ceiling knocking my headset off, pax screamed, wine, coffee snacks, and papers everywhere, my ipad went airborne and I had to get the interior detailed after. Extremely localized (just one jolt) but I would say severe.

Severe two...flying a 1946 globe swift just north of Inyokern headed to LA. Full left aileron...plane still banked right nearly inverted multiple times . Threw the gear out and diverted to IYK...stayed the night. I noped right the hell outa the sky that evening. Mx later found a cracked spinner and minor wing wrinkles.

Thanks California!
 
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