# Incident 19970502033709I: Boeing 737301, Little Rock, AR, May 2, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 1997, 22:00 local time
- Place: Little Rock, AR
- Airport: Adams Field
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 34.7465° N, 92.2896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Little Rock, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7465&lon=-92.2896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N342US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N342US-2003-10-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-301 (registry code 138447R, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737301
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970502033709I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: TWO PASSENGERS AND A FLIGHT ATTENDANT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES AFTER BEING THROWN ABOUT THE CABIN WHEN MOMENTARY SEVERE TURBULENCE WAS ENCOUNTERED NEAR LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS AT FL350. THE SEAT BELT SIGN WAS ILLUMINATED AND A NOTIFICATION CALL WAS MADE BY THE FLIGHT CREW TO THE CABIN CREW PRIOR TO ENCOUNTER. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT PIT AND WAS ENROUTE TO SAT. INJURIES EXPLAINED AS FOLLOWS: PASSENGER SONYA KIETH STRUCK HER HEAD ON THE CEILING AND SUFFERED A HEADACHE. PASSENGER ROSEANNE WIELAND COMPLAINED OF AN AGGRAVATION TO A PREVIOUS NECK INJURY. FLIGHT ATTENDANT SUSAN PRENDERGAST FELL AND STRUCK HER RIGHT HIP AND FACE SUFFERING INJURIES TO BOTH. DOCTOR CRAIG WOOD ASSISTED THE INJURED AND ADVISED THE CAPTAIN THAT CONTINUATION TO SAT WOULD BE SAFE. PARAMEDICS WERE REQUESTED, AND MET THE FLIGHT. THE INJURED PASSENGERS WERE TAKEN TO NORTHEAST BAPTIST HOSPITAL IN SAN ANTONIO FOR FOLLOW-UP TREATMENT. FLIGHT ATTENDANT LARCINESE ACCOMPANIED FLIGHT ATTENDANT PRENDERGAST TO METHODIST HOSPITAL. ALTHOUGH THE CAPTAIN DID NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY, THE FLIGHT WAS GIVEN EXPEDITIOUS HANDLING BY ATC. AN UNKNOWN MALE PASSENGER INITIALLY CLAIMED INJURY BUT LATER DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT EXAMINATION BY PARAMEDICS. THE AFOREMENTIONED REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM DISPATCHER CHARLES G. LEWIS.

## Other reports on N342US (1)

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

- [Incident 19900721063929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900721063929I), Jul 21, 1990: Boeing 737301 (N342US), Newark, NJ. Passenger became abusive and unruly on approach. Refused to sit down. Arrested at gate.

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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