# Incident 19971214044109I: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82), Pittsburgh, PA, December 14, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 1997, 18:15 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Greater Pittsburgh International
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 40.4406° N, 79.9959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburgh, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4406&lon=-79.9959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N553AA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N553AA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82) (registry code 3022082, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-82-md-82) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- People aboard: 67
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971214044109I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: INTERVIEW WITH TOM COLEMAN ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ IN-FLIGHT SERVICE SUPERVISOR REVEALED THAT FLIGHT ATTENDANTS CHRISLEY, AND PINCELLI, WERE REPORTED AS INJURED WHEN FLIGHT 798 DESCENDED TO PITTSBURGH, (PIT) FROM CHARLOTTE, NC (CLT). THE TWO FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WERE PUSHING THE SERVICE CART WHEN THE AIRCRAFT UNEXPECTEDLY HIT A POCKET OF CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE. THE TWO FLIGHT ATTENDANTS REPORTEDLY MADE CONTACT WITH THE CEILING OVERHEAD. UPON ARRIVAL AT PIT, BOTH FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WERE TAKEN TO SEWICKLEY VALLEY HOSPITAL FOR X-RAYS. NO BONES WERE BROKEN AND THE INJURIES WERE REPORTED AS SUPERFICIAL. BOTH FLIGHT ATTENDANTS RETURNED TO CHARLOTTE THAT EVENING ON US AIRWAYS FLIGHT 2210. KAREN GRAHAM WAS THE EVENING SUPERVISOR THAT ATTENDED THE INJURED CABIN CREW. INTERVIEW WITH PITTSBURGH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER QUALITY ASSURANCE REVEALED THAT THE ATIS WAS AS DEPICTED IN BLOCK F OF THIS REPORT AND THAT THERE WAS SIGMET W13 CURRENT WHICH CALLED FOR MODERATE TO OCCASIONAL SEVERE TURBULENCE AT FL 180-350. A REVIEW BY QA OF THE ATC LOG REVEALED NO REPORTED ABNORMALITIES FOR INBOUND FLIGHTS ON THE EVENING OF THE INCIDENT.

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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