# Accident 20000310013419A: Aerosp ATR72212, Athens, GA, March 10, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 2000, 15:05 local time
- Place: Athens, GA
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ASOA
- Location: 34.0008° N, 83.3391° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0008&lon=-83.3391&mi=10
- Aircraft: N636AS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP ATR72212
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA108) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000310013419A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT INADVERTENTLY ENTERED INTO CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE WHICH CAUSED THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT TO BE THROWN INTO THE AIR AND WHEN SHE LANDED SHE FRACTURED HER ANKLE AND BROKE HER RIGHT GREAT TOE.

## 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 MIA00LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA108), Mar 10, 2000: Aerospatiale ATR-72-212 (N636AS), Athens, GA, no damage. Probable cause: The flight attendant's failure to seat and belt herself during an inflight encounter with turbulence in clouds resulting in her losing foothold and falling against a passenger seat, sustaining a…

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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