Narrative:

En route from ict to dfw, there was a scattered line of thunderstorms. Approaching about 80 mi from the line, our radar was painting the area with scattered green cells. With the intensity turned up full gain, the area was still painting green with a little yellow. Along our flight path there was nothing being painted. As we approached the line, we noted green and yellow cells being painted to the east and west, but there wasn't any WX being shown on our route. As we approached the line, I turned on the seatbelt sign and told the flight attendant that she might want to situation down. As we flew through the area there was occasional light chop, but all in all, the ride was ok. As we were approaching the back side of the area, we all of a sudden gained a couple of hundred ft and then were thrust upward about 700 ft. Upon recovering, we found out the flight attendant had been injured. I queried the captain as to why we hadn't declared an emergency. He said he didn't expect any delays going into dallas. I told him if it were up to me I would still declare an emergency. In retrospect, I would have better used our dispatcher when going through an area of scattered storms.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CL65 FO RPTED THAT THE FLT ATTENDANT WAS INJURED DURING A TURB ENCOUNTER IN ZFW'S AIRSPACE AND DISAGREED WITH THE CAPT'S DECISION TO NOT DECLARE AN EMER.

Narrative: ENRTE FROM ICT TO DFW, THERE WAS A SCATTERED LINE OF TSTMS. APCHING ABOUT 80 MI FROM THE LINE, OUR RADAR WAS PAINTING THE AREA WITH SCATTERED GREEN CELLS. WITH THE INTENSITY TURNED UP FULL GAIN, THE AREA WAS STILL PAINTING GREEN WITH A LITTLE YELLOW. ALONG OUR FLT PATH THERE WAS NOTHING BEING PAINTED. AS WE APCHED THE LINE, WE NOTED GREEN AND YELLOW CELLS BEING PAINTED TO THE E AND W, BUT THERE WASN'T ANY WX BEING SHOWN ON OUR RTE. AS WE APCHED THE LINE, I TURNED ON THE SEATBELT SIGN AND TOLD THE FLT ATTENDANT THAT SHE MIGHT WANT TO SIT DOWN. AS WE FLEW THROUGH THE AREA THERE WAS OCCASIONAL LIGHT CHOP, BUT ALL IN ALL, THE RIDE WAS OK. AS WE WERE APCHING THE BACK SIDE OF THE AREA, WE ALL OF A SUDDEN GAINED A COUPLE OF HUNDRED FT AND THEN WERE THRUST UPWARD ABOUT 700 FT. UPON RECOVERING, WE FOUND OUT THE FLT ATTENDANT HAD BEEN INJURED. I QUERIED THE CAPT AS TO WHY WE HADN'T DECLARED AN EMER. HE SAID HE DIDN'T EXPECT ANY DELAYS GOING INTO DALLAS. I TOLD HIM IF IT WERE UP TO ME I WOULD STILL DECLARE AN EMER. IN RETROSPECT, I WOULD HAVE BETTER USED OUR DISPATCHER WHEN GOING THROUGH AN AREA OF SCATTERED STORMS.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.