# Incident 19990709028069I: Boeing 767323, San Juan, Puerto Rico, July 9, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 1999, 06:00 local time
- Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Airport: San Juan/Puerto Rico International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 18.4663° N, 66.1057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Juan, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4663&lon=-66.1057&mi=10
- Aircraft: N388AA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 767323
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,885 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990709028069I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT 0600 UTC, AALA 955, WHEN APPROX. OVERHEAD SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO, REPORTS TO ATC OF UNEXPECTED TURBULENCE 30-50 MILES NORTH OF SAN JUAN AT FL330. AALA 955 HAD DEPARTED JFK ENROUTE TO SAEZ AND REQUESTED TO DIVERT TO SAN JUAN TO ATTEND POSSIBLE INJURIES.  ATC REROUTED TO LAND AT SAN JUAN.  INJURED TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AND RELEASED.

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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