# Accident 19960622046049A: Boeing 737201, Granite, CO, June 22, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 1996, 15:45 local time
- Place: Granite, CO
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: F3LA
- Location: 39.0436° N, 106.2634° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Granite, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0436&lon=-106.2634&mi=10
- Aircraft: N207AU, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N207AU-2000-02-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-201 (registry code 1384454, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737201
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D9A
- People aboard: 92
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 21,230 total, 893 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW96LA271](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA271) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960622046049A

## Narrative

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

(.4)THE CREW HAD BEEN FOREWARNED TO EXPECT SEVERE TURBULENCE ON DESCENT INTO THE DENVER AREA. THE 'FASTEN SEAT BELTS' SIGN WAS TURNED ON, AND FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WERE INSTRUCTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE WAS SEATED WITH THEIR SEAT BELTS FASTENED. AN ELDERLY WOMAN GOT UP AND WALKED TOWARDS THE AFT LAVATORY.  LIGHT TURBULENCE WAS ENCOUNTERED AS A FLIGHT ATTENDANT ATTEMPTED TO SEAT THE PASSENGER IN A JUMP SEAT.  BEFORE SEAT BELTS COULD BE FASTENED, THE AIRPLANE ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE.  THE PASSENGER AND FLIGHT ATTENDANT WERE THROWN AROUND THE CABIN, SUSTAINING A SERIOUS INJURY AND MINOR INJURY, RESPECTIVELY.  ANOTHER FLIGHT ATTENDANT AND A PASSENGER ALSO SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.

## 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 FTW96LA271](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA271), Jun 22, 1996: Boeing 737-201 (N207AU), Granite, CO, no damage. Probable cause: An encounter with clear air 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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