# Incident 20011209038459I: Boeing 7373H4, Kansas City, MO, December 9, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 2001, 19:14 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 39.2976° N, 94.7139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KANSAS CITY INTL (MCI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2976&lon=-94.7139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N600WN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N600WN-2022-11-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-3H4 (registry code 138447K, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-3h4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7373H4
- People aboard: 61
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,050 total, 7,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011209038459I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 9, 2001 SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 2645, ENROUTE FROM TULSA TO KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (MCI), EXPERIENCED UNEXPECTED MODERATED TURBULENCE WHILE CLIMBING TO THEIR CRUISE ALTITUDE OF FL240. CABIN ATTENDANT ERIKA MAYES WAS TAKING DRINK ORDERS FROM THE PASSENGERS WHEN THE TURBULENCE CAUSED HER TO BE THROWN TO THE FLOOR AT WHICH TIME SHE SUFFERED A BACK INJURY. AFTER LANDING AT MCI MS. MAYES WAS TAKEN OFF THE FOLLOWING FLIGHT DUE TO THIS INJURY WHICH WAS LATER DIAGNOSED AS AN ACUTE CERVICAL STRAIN. INCIDENT NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA ^ IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THE FILING OF THIS REPORT - REF. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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