# Accident 19900809066269A: Boeing 737300, Corpus Christi, TX, August 9, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 1990, 07:15 local time
- Place: Corpus Christi, TX
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 27.8006° N, 97.3964° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Corpus Christi, TX, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8006&lon=-97.3964&mi=10
- Aircraft: N327SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N327SW-2018-02-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-3H4 (registry code 138447K, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-3h4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737300
- Reported engine: GE CFM56*
- People aboard: 75
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,459 total, 9,494 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW90LA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90LA156) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900809066269A

## Narrative

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

ENCOUNTERED CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE WHILE CIRCUMNAVIGATING THUNDERSTORMS. A FLIGHT ATTENDANT WAS INJURED. SEAT SIGN ON

## 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 FTW90LA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90LA156), Aug 9, 1990: Boeing B-737-300 (N327SW), Corpus Christi, TX, no damage. Probable cause: THE AIRPLANE'S UNEXPECTED ENCOUNTER WITH CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE.

## Other reports on N327SW (1)

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

- [Incident 19990618025199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990618025199I), Jun 18, 1999: Boeing 7373H4 (N327SW), Albuquerque, NM. (-23) On approach to land abq flaps would not extend, executed go-around, found flap control circuit breaker out, reset flaps extended normally. Landed without…

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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