# Accident 19990525040949A: Boeing 737724, Newark, NJ, May 25, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 1999, 16:30 local time
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Airport: Newark International
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 40.7242° N, 74.1726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newark, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7242&lon=-74.1726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16703, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N16703) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-724 (registry code 13844BY, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-724) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737724
- People aboard: 75
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC99LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA122) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990525040949A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING DESCENT PASSING THROUGH APPROX. 10,000 FEET A/C ENCOUNTERED TURBULANCE AND A FLIGHT ATTENDENT FELL AND BROKE HIS RIGHT TIBIA AND FIBULA. (.4)WHILE DESCENDING THROUGH 10,000 FEET MEAN SEA LEVEL, AND TRAVELING IN AND OUT OF CUMULUS CLOUDS, THE AIRPLANE ENCOUNTERED 'LITE' TURBULENCE. WITH THE FASTEN SEATBELT SIGN ON, THE AIRPLANE EXPERIENCED AN 'ABRUPT' VERTICAL JOLT. 'SHORTLY AFTER', A FLIGHT ATTENDANT CALLED FROM THE AFT GALLEY, AND ADVISED THE FLIGHT CREW THAT A FLIGHT ATTENDANT WAS INJURED DURING THE ENCOUNTER.  A DOCTOR ONBOARD THE FLIGHT ADVISED THE CREW THAT THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT 'PROBABLY' BROKE HIS ANKLE.  THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT WAS PLACED IN A PASSENGER SEAT, AND ICE WAS APPLIED TO THE INJURY.  THE CAPTAIN INSTRUCTED A DEAD HEADING FLIGHT ATTENDANT TO ASSUME THE INJURED FLIGHT ATTENDANTS DUTIES, AND REQUESTED PRIORITY FROM APPROACH CONTROL BECAUSE OF A MEDICAL EMERGENCY.  AFTER LANDING, THE INJURED FLIGHT ATTENDANT WAS REMOVED, AND TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR X-RAYS.  EXAMINATION OF THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT RIGHT LEG REVEALED TWO FRACTURES, ONE ON HIS TIBIA AND ONE ON HIS FIBULA.

## 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 NYC99LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA122), May 25, 1999: Boeing 737 (N16703), Newark, NJ, no damage. Probable cause: In flight encounter with turbulence which caused a flight attendant to fall and break two bones in his right leg.

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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