# Incident 19960223009969I: Doug DC982, Nashville, TN, February 23, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 1996, 21:28 local time
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Airport: Nashville International Airport
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 36.1245° N, 86.6782° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NASHVILLE INTL (BNA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1245&lon=-86.6782&mi=10
- Aircraft: N423AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N423AA-2017-09-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82) (registry code 3022082, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-82-md-82) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC982
- People aboard: 44
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,110 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960223009969I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 723, EN-ROUTE FROM BOSTON TO NASHVILLE, ENCOUNTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE TURBULENCE DURING DESCENT INTO NASHVILLE CAUSING MINOR INJURIES DUE TO FALLING TO TWO FLIGHT ATTENDANTS PREPARING THE CABIN FOR LANDING AND TO ONE PASSENGER RETURNING TO HER SEAT FROM THE LAVATORY. UPON ENCOUNTERING LIGHT TURBULENCE AT 16,500 FEET, THE CAPTAIN TURNED ON THE SEATBELT SIGN, AND WHEN THE INTENSITY OF THE TURBULENCE INCREASED AT 12,000 FEET, HE MADE A PA ANNOUNCEMENT WHILE DESCENDING THROUGH 11,500 FEET. CAPTAIN PAUL BOYER DESCRIBED THE TURBULENCE AS LIGHT WITH SUDDEN JOLTS UNTIL REACHING 6,000 FEET WHEN THE TURBULENCE DECREASED TO LIGHT CHOP AND CONTINUED TO LANDING. CAPTAIN BOYER ARRANGED FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AT THE ARRIVAL GATE, AND FLIGHT ATTENDANT KRISTEN OSMUS AND PASSENGER SANDI DESCOTEAUX WERE TAKEN TO SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER WHERE THEIR INJURIES WERE DETERMINED TO BE MINOR. FLIGHT ATTENDANT MOLLY HOOPER REFUSED MEDICAL ATTENTION AT THE ARRIVAL GATE, AND FLIGHT ATTENDANT CHARLA GASS DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL CARE. AMERICAN AIRLINES MAINTENANCE STARTED A SEVERE TURBULENCE INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT, BUT WHEN CAPTAIN BOYER ADVISED THE COMPANY THAT THE TURBULENCE HAD ONLY BEEN LIGHT TO MODERATE, THE INSPECTION WAS TERMINATED. BECAUSE THIS OCCURRENCE WAS NOT CLASSIFIED AS AN ACCIDENT, NEITHER THE FDR NOR THE CVR WAS PULLED.

## Other reports on N423AA (1)

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

- [Incident 19890606027109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890606027109I), Jun 6, 1989: Doug DC982 (N423AA), San Antonio, TX. Nose gear failed to retract after takeoff. Returned. Found landing gear pin still installed.

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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