# Accident 20020418037339A: Boeing 75723N, St Louis, MO, April 18, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 2002, 16:41 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert-St Louis International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AMTA
- Location: 37.4864° N, 93.4561° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4864&lon=-93.4561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N516AT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 75723N
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 21,226 total, 7,500 in this make and model, 136 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI02LA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA111) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020418037339A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AMERICAN TRANS AIR, FLIGHT 208, ENROUTE FROM GUADALAJARA, MEXICO TO CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, (MIDWAY), ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE WHILE DETOURING AROUND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. PASSENGER INJURIES WERE INCURRED AND THE FLIGHT DIVERTED TO STL. THE LANDING WAS NORMAL AND THE INJURED PASSENGERS WERE SENT TO AREA HOSPITALS, (DEPAUL AND BARNES). ALL WERE CHECKED AND RELEASED EXCEPT TWO THAT REMAINED WITH SOMEWHAT SERIOUS HEAD LACERATIONS. ADMISSION TIME AT DEPAUL HOSPITAL WAS 6 PM, 4-18-02, AND RELEASE TIME WAS 2:00 PM, 4-24-02, FOR ONE, AND 7:30 PM, 4-25-02, FOR THE OTHER. A RESCUE AIRCRAFT (B737) WAS SENT TO TAKE PASSENGERS TO THE ORIGINAL DESTINATION, CHICAGO (MIDWAY). THE B757 WAS FERRIED TO AN ATA MAINTENANCE BASE ALSO AT CHICAGO (MIDWAY). INVESTIGATION SUBSEQUENTLY REVEALED THAT THE CAPTAIN MAINTAINED APPROPRIATE HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL DISTANCES FROM THUNDERSTORMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH AMERICAN TRANS AIR'S OPERATIONS MANUAL.

## 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 CHI02LA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA111), Apr 18, 2002: Boeing 757-200 (N516AT), Springfield, MO, no damage. Probable cause: The flightcrew's failure to follow weather avoidance prcedures and their delay in activating the seat belt sign. Factors were the turbulent thunderstorm weather conditions, and the failure of the…

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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