# Incident 19970906036529I: Boeing 757200, Miami, FL, September 6, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 1997, 17:30 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Miami International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 25.7954° N, 80.2901° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MIAMI INTL (MIA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7954&lon=-80.2901&mi=10
- Aircraft: N657AM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N657AM-2023-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-223 (registry code 1384957, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-223) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce RB-211 series (registry code 54555, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-rb-211-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 1,142 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970906036529I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: EN-ROUTE MIA-MTPP (PORT OF PRINCE) AT APPROXIMATELY 1730 EST, AAL FLIGHT 731 ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE 200 MILE SOUTH OF NASSAU. RETURNED TO MIAMI BECAUSE OF INJURED FLIGHT ATTENDANT. FLIGHT ATTENDANT RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL SAME NIGHT; INJURIES NOT SERIOUS.

## Other reports on N657AM (1)

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

- [Accident 20000823014639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000823014639A), Aug 23, 2000: Boeing 757223 (N657AM), Gulf Of Mexico, Minor damage. (-23) Flight was enroute from dfw to sju when it encountered severe turbulance during cruise flight at 37,000 feet over the Gulf Of Mexico approx. 180 nautical…

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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