# Incident 20020722017089I: Boeing 757231, Ft Lauderdale, FL, July 22, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2002, 16:55 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale-Hollywood International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 26.0717° N, 80.1497° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE/HOLLYWOOD INTL (FLL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0717&lon=-80.1497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N717TW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N717TW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-231 (registry code 1384908, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-231) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW2037 (registry code 52117, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw2037) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757231
- Reported engine: PWA PW2037
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 23,000 total, 85 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020722017089I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT IN THE CLOUDS OVER TENN. AT 37000. ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE WITH ONE BUMP CONSIDERED SEVERE. FO WAS FLYING THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE AUTO PILOT ON. THUNDERSTORMS IN THE DISTANCE WERE BEING PAINTED ON AIRCRAFT RADAR. THE SEAT BELT SIGN WAS ON AND THE F/A'S WERE CONDUCTING FOOD SERVICE. THE MOMENTARY BUMP CAUSED (3) PASSENGERS, (3) F/A'S AND SERVICE CART TO OVER TURN AFTER HITTING THE CEILING OF THE AIRCRAFT. THREE (3) PASSENGERS AND THREE (3) F/A'S WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR EXAMINATION. ALL INJURIES WERE CONSIDERED MINOR AND EVERYONE WAS RELEASED. AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED BACK INTO SERVICE AFTER MAINTENANCE WAS PERFORMED, B-757 CARD M 57-05-02 INSPECTION.

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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