# Incident 19961025040239I: Boeing 737300, Worthington, PA, October 25, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1996, 09:30 local time
- Place: Worthington, PA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 40.8380° N, 79.6350° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Worthington, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8380&lon=-79.6350&mi=10
- Aircraft: N591US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N591US-2008-12-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-301 (registry code 138447R, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CFM56 series (registry code 30016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737300
- People aboard: 130
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,681 total, 319 in this make and model, 168 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961025040239I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED HE LEVELED OFF AT FL 260 ENROUTE FROM PHILADELPHIA, DUE TO REPORTS OF SEVERE TURBULENCE AT FL310 AND LIGHT CHOP AT FL280. AFTER INITIALLY RECEIVING A GOOD RIDE AT FL280, MODERATE TURBULENCE WAS ENCOUNTERED. A DESCENT TO FL240 WAS MADE. ABOUT 25 MILES EAST OF ELLWOOD CITY, PA SEVERE CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE WAS ENCOUNTERED. A DESCENT TO FL220 WAS MADE WHICH RESULTED IN A SMOOTH RIDE. REPORTS FROM THE CABIN REVEALED, FOOD AND BEVERAGE CARTS TIPPED, MINOR BRUISES AND BROKEN FINGERNAILS TO FLIGHT ATTENDANTS, AND NO INJURIES TO THE PASSENGERS. A DECISION WAS MADE TO DIVERT TO PITTSBURGH. FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WERE REPLACED, AND THE INJURED FLIGHT ATTENDANTS RECEIVED MEDICAL TREATMENT. THE FLIGHT THEN CONTINUED TO PHOENIX, AZ. SUBMISSION OF THIS INCIDENT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.

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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