# Accident 19980722046529A: Boeing 767223, Peotone, IL, July 22, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 1998, 13:45 local time
- Place: Peotone, IL
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 41.3305° N, 87.7892° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3305&lon=-87.7892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N335AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N335AA-2015-12-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 767-223 (registry code 1385123, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-223) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF6-80 series (registry code 30025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf6-80-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 767223
- Reported engine: RROYCE RB211*
- People aboard: 133
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,707 total, 557 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA269](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA269) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980722046529A

## Narrative

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

(.4) MODERATE TURBULENCE WAS ENCOUNTERED AS THE AIRPLANE CLIMBED THROUGH FL180 WHILE IN THE CLOUDS. THERE WERE NO WEATHER RETURNS INDICATING TURBULENCE NOR WERE THERE ANY REPORTS OF TURBULENCE FROM ATC OR OTHER AIRPLANES.  ONE FLIGHT ATTENDANT WHO WAS IN THE AFT GALLEY RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES.  ONE PASSENGER RECEIVED A BROKEN RIB WHEN THE MALE PORTION OF HER SEAT BELT DISCONNECTED FROM ITS ATTACH POINT.  THIS PASSENGER WAS THROWN FROM HER SEAT INTO THE AISLE.                                                             (-23) ON JULY 22, 1998, AT 1353 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME (CDT), A BOEING 767-200, N335AA, OPERATED BY AMERICAN AIRLINES AS FLIGHT #1758, ENCOUNTERED MODERATED TURBULENCE WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH 190 OVER PEOTONE, IL.  THE AIRPLANE WAS NOT DAMAGED.  ONE PASSENGER RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES AND ONE FLIGHT ATTENDANT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES.  TWO COCKPIT CREWMEMBERS, FIVE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AND 128 PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED.

## 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 CHI98LA269](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA269), Jul 22, 1998: Boeing 767-223 (N335AA), Peotone, IL, no damage. Probable cause: In-flight encounter with turbulence.

## Other reports on N335AA (1)

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

- [Accident 19960606045452A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960606045452A), Jun 6, 1996: Boeing 767223 (N335AA), San Francisco, CA, Minor damage. (.4)At night, a tail-to-tail ground collision occurred in an alleyway between an outbound united Boeing 737, N371UA, and an outbound American Boeing 767,…

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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