19940212014219A

Accident

FAA accident report · Boeing 747-422 · Pacific Ocean, CA · February 12, 1994

Date
February 12, 1994 · 13:45 local
Place
Pacific Ocean, CA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
UALA
Aircraft
N186UA
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX94LA141
Reported as
Boeing 747422
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PW4056
People aboard
408
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
15,397 total1,110 in this make and model114 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

While deviating around thunderstorms severe turbulence encountered causing serious injury to flight attendant.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE DEVIATING AROUND THUNDERSTORMS SEVERE TURBULENCE ENCOUNTERED CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY TO FLIGHT ATTENDANT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.