# Incident 19960220004669I: Boeing 7672B7, Pittsburgh, PA, February 20, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 1996, 17:45 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 40.4406° N, 79.9959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburgh, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4406&lon=-79.9959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N656US (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7672B7
- People aboard: 140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 24,115 total, 1,567 in this make and model, 186 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD96IA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD96IA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960220004669I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT INBOUND TO PITTSBURGH, PA AND HAD JUST LEVELED OFF AT 10,000 FT. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED THREE QUICK JOLTS LASTING APPROXIMATELY SIX SECONDS. THE CAPTAIN CLASSIFIED THE TURBULENCE AS MODERATE. SIX FLIGHT ATTENDANTS RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES AND WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. FOUR WERE RELEASED AND TWO REMAINED OVER NIGHT AND WERE RELEASED ON 2/21/96. THE ONE PASSENGER A 70 YEAR OLD WOMAN WAS IN THE LAVATORY AND WAS TAKEN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM FOR OBSERVATION FOR SEVERAL HOURS AND THEN RELEASED. SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.

## 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 IAD96IA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD96IA048), Feb 20, 1996: Boeing 767-2B7 (N656US), Pittsburgh, PA, incident, no damage. Probable cause: the in-flight encounter with unforecast turbulence.

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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