# Incident 19900215008939I: Boeing 737247, Memphis, TN, February 15, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 1990
- Place: Memphis, TN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 35.1495° N, 90.0490° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Memphis, TN, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1495&lon=-90.0490&mi=10
- Aircraft: N378DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N378DL-2007-12-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-247 (registry code 138448D, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-247) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 (registry code 52051, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737247
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,515 total, 204 in this make and model, 175 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900215008939I

## Narrative

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

ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE EN ROUTE. A SEAT BOLT SHEARED WHERE AN OVERWEIGHT PASSENGER SAT.

## Other reports on N378DL (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19930510017499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930510017499I), May 10, 1993: Boeing 737247 (N378DL), Buffalo, NY. Vibration in NR1 engine on descent. Throttled back. Landed safely. Changed engine.

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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