# Accident 19970428040379A: Boeing 737*, Atlanta, GA, April 28, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 1997, 13:30 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: The William B Hartsfield Atla
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 33.7490° N, 84.3880° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlanta, GA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7490&lon=-84.3880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14245, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14245-1999-03-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-2CO (registry code 1384488, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-2co) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737*
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D9
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 9,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL97LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL97LA064) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970428040379A

## Narrative

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

CAPTAIN FAILED TO ADVISE CABIN CREW OF POSSIBLE WEATHER CONDITIONS PER INFLIGHT MANUAL. PERSON INJURED. (-23) THIS ACCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED TO THE FSDO.  DETAILS WERE OBTAINED EX POST FACTO FROM THE NTSB.

## 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 ATL97LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL97LA064), Apr 28, 1997: Boeing 737-200 (N14245), Atlanta, GA, no damage. Probable cause: The failure of the flight crew to alert the cabin crew to the possibility of turbulence, leading to a serious injury when severe turbulence was encountered..

## Other reports on N14245 (1)

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

- [Incident 19980527018509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980527018509I), May 27, 1998: Boeing 7372C0 (N14245), Indianapolis, IN. Nr 1 engine oil quantity went to zero. Engine was shutdown and diverted to ind. LAP5 oil pressure fitting leaking.

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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