19970125002929I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aerosp ATR72 · Chattanooga, TN · January 25, 1997

Date: January 25, 1997 · 19:39 local
Place: Chattanooga, TN
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: ASOA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N641AS
Reported as: Aerosp ATR72
People aboard: 6
Fatal injuries: 0

N641ASRegistration cancelled Dec 22, 2009 · Aerospatiale/Alenia ATR-72-212S/N 387 · Built 1994 Airframe modelAerospatiale/Alenia ATR-72-212 Engine modelPratt & Whitney 127Turbo-prop

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.

Narrative: the aircraft departed cha at approximately 1900 on January 25, 1997. On the aircraft was two flight crew, two cabin crew and three passengers. During climb at approximately 7,600 feet the aircraft encountered clear air turbulence. Flight attendant, yolanda n. nichols released her seat belt to instruct a flight attendant on cabin service. The aircraft was upset by the turbulence and flight attendant nichols was thrown into the over head and flight attendant encountered minor sprain of neck and back. The flight attendant drove herself to the hospital and was released. She returned for duty the next day. I consider the matter closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED CHA AT APPROXIMATELY 1900 ON JANUARY 25, 1997. ON THE AIRCRAFT WAS TWO FLIGHT CREW, TWO CABIN CREW AND THREE PASSENGERS. DURING CLIMB AT APPROXIMATELY 7,600 FEET THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE. FLIGHT ATTENDANT, YOLANDA N. NICHOLS RELEASED HER SEAT BELT TO INSTRUCT A FLIGHT ATTENDANT ON CABIN SERVICE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS UPSET BY THE TURBULENCE AND FLIGHT ATTENDANT NICHOLS WAS THROWN INTO THE OVER HEAD AND FLIGHT ATTENDANT ENCOUNTERED MINOR SPRAIN OF NECK AND BACK. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT DROVE HERSELF TO THE HOSPITAL AND WAS RELEASED. SHE RETURNED FOR DUTY THE NEXT DAY. I CONSIDER THE MATTER CLOSED.