# Incident 19970327008679I: Boeing 737347, Colorado Spring, CO, March 27, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 1997, 18:00 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport: City Of Colorado Springs Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 38.8058° N, 104.7008° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS MUNI (COS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8058&lon=-104.7008&mi=10
- Aircraft: N313WA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N313WA-2006-08-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-347 (registry code 138447U, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-347) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737347
- People aboard: 112
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,810 total, 36 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970327008679I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DELTA FLIGHT 1892 DESCENDING FROM FL290 INTO COS ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE. A FLIGHT ATTENDANT WAS MINOR INJURED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. FLT ATTENDANT WAS RELEASED THE NEXT AFTERNOON FOR BRUISES. NO EMERGENCY EVACUATION WAS REQUIRED. A/C WAS INSPECTED BY ON CALL MAINTENANCE FOR DELTA MANUAL'S CHECK FOR SEVERE TURBULENCE. FOUND ONE PANEL DAMAGED. MAINTENNACE TEAM DISPATCHED FOR DELTA FROM SALT LAKE CITY TO REPAIR PANEL. NO OTHER INJURIES OCCURRED WHICH REQUIRED TRANSPORT TO HOSPITAL.

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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