# Incident 19970710024449I: Boeing 757223, Denver, CO, July 10, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 1997, 15:50 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Denver International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 46.8809° N, 102.7799° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8809&lon=-102.7799&mi=10
- Aircraft: N660AM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757223
- People aboard: 111
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW97IA261](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97IA261) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970710024449I

## Narrative

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

ENCOUNTERED CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE AT CRUISE NEAR IAH. LANDED. NO STRUCTIAL DAMAGE. PASSENGERS TREATED.

## 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 FTW97IA261](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97IA261), Jul 10, 1997: Boeing 757-223 (N660AM), Dickinson, ND, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: an encounter with unforecast convection induced turbulence (CIT). Related factors were: the flight crew's improper evaluation of the weather, and an inaccurate preflight weather briefing by company…

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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