# Accident 20000823014639A: Boeing 757223, Gulf Of Mexico, August 23, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2000, 15:57 local time
- Place: Gulf Of Mexico
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Aircraft: N657AM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N657AM-2023-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-223 (registry code 1384957, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-223) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce RB-211 series (registry code 54555, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-rb-211-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757223
- People aboard: 55
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 3,948 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW00LA244](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA244) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000823014639A

## Narrative

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

(-23) FLIGHT WAS ENROUTE FROM DFW TO SJU WHEN IT ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULANCE DURING CRUISE FLIGHT AT 37,000 FEET OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO APPROX. 180 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTH EAST OF SABRINE PASS VORTAC. ONE FLIGHT ATTENDANT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES, FOUR OTHER FLIGHT ATTENDENTS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND A PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE CAPTAIN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO GEORGE BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT, HOUSTON, TEXAS. AMBULANCES WERE STANDING BY TO TRANSPORT THE INJURED PASSENGERS AND CREWMEMBERS TO AREA HOSPITALS. (.4) DURING CRUISE FLIGHT AT 37,000 FEET OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO, THE SCHEDULED INTERNATIONAL PASSENGER FLIGHT ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE AFTER INADVERTENTLY PENETRATING RAPIDLY DEVELOPING CONVECTIVE FORMATIONS. ONE OF THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. WHEN THE TURBULENCE ENCOUNTER OCCURRED, THE FLIGHT CREW WAS ATTEMPTING TO DEVIATE AROUND CLOUD FORMATIONS. THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED THAT THE SEAT BELT SIGN WAS ILLUMINATED PRIOR TO THE TURBULENCE ENCOUNTER AND THAT THE CAPTAIN MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE PASSENGERS REMINDING THEM TO REMAIN SEATED WITH THEIR SEATBELTS SECURED. IT IS                                                   UNKNOWN WHETHER THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT WAS SEATED OR STANDING, OR WHERE SHE WAS POSITIONED AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT. FOLLOWING THE TURBULENCE ENCOUNTER, THE FLIGHT DIVERTED TO A NEARBY AIRPORT AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## 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 FTW00LA244](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA244), Aug 23, 2000: Boeing 757-223 (N657AM), Gulf Of Mexico, minor damage. Probable cause: the flight crew's inadvertent encounter with convective turbulence while in cruise flight. A factor was the rapidly developing convective activity.

## Other reports on N657AM (1)

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

- [Incident 19970906036529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970906036529I), Sep 6, 1997: Boeing 757200 (N657AM), Miami, FL. Narrative: en-route mia-mtpp (port of prince) at approximately 1730 EST, aal flight 731 encountered severe turbulence 200 mile south of nassau. Returned to…

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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