# Accident 20000731037109A: Boeing 737322, Chicago, IL, July 31, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 2000, 22:15 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N313UA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N313UA-2014-12-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-322 (registry code 138447Y, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-322) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737322
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00LA269](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA269) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000731037109A

## Narrative

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

(-23) SUBJECT FLIGHT ENCOUNTERED UNEXPECTED CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE DURING DESCENT INTO ORD. A PASSENGER EXITING LAVATORY WAS THROWN TO THE FLOOR, FRACTURING HIS LEFT 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 CHI00LA269](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA269), Aug 1, 2000: Boeing 737-322 (N313UA), Chicago, IL, no damage. Probable cause: the evasive maneuver performed by the pilot. A factor was the activation of the collision avoidance system.

## Other reports on N313UA (1)

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

- [Incident 20051009025399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051009025399I), Oct 9, 2005: Boeing 737322 (N313UA), Seattle, WA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot aborted take off at rotation, reported aircraft did not respond to elevator inputs during take off roll. Returned to gate. Uala maintenance…

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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