# Incident 19880830070259I: Boeing 737287, Savannah, GA, August 30, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1988, 15:59 local time
- Place: Savannah, GA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 32.0810° N, 81.1005° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0810&lon=-81.1005&mi=10
- Aircraft: N353AU (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737287
- Reported engine: CFMINT CFM563B2
- People aboard: 81
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,700 total, 100 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL88IA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88IA241) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880830070259I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

SEVERE TURBULENCE INJURED A FLIGHT ATTENDANT. WAS IN AREA OF KNOWN THUNDERSTORMS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL88IA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88IA241), Aug 30, 1988: Boeing 737-387 (N353AU), Savannah, GA, incident, no damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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