# Accident 19930915042389A: Boeing 757232, Atlanta, GA, September 15, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 1993, 21:45 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 33.7490° N, 84.3880° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlanta, GA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7490&lon=-84.3880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N627DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N627DL-2019-01-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-232 (registry code 1384965, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW2037 (registry code 52117, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw2037) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757232
- Reported engine: PWA PW2037
- People aboard: 187
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,000 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL93LA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL93LA159) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930915042389A

## Narrative

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

TURNED OFF SEATBELT SIGN CLIMBING THRU FL130. HIT TURBULENCE INJURING FLIGHT ATTENDANT. BUILD UPS IN AREA.

## 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 ATL93LA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL93LA159), Sep 16, 1993: Boeing 757-232 (N627DL), Atlanta, GA, no damage. Probable cause: WAS THE PILOT'S INACCURATE EVALUATION OF WEATHER CONDITIONS WHICH RESULTED IN THE FLIGHT ENTERING AN AREA OF TURBULENCE.

## Other reports on N627DL (1)

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

- [Incident 19920314017809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920314017809I), Mar 14, 1992: Boeing 757232 (N627DL), Covington - Cin, OH. While attempting a right turn to taxiway right main gear departed the hard surface. Passengers bussed to gate.

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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