# Incident 20021230034539I: Boeing 757232, Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, December 30, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 2002, 12:38 local time
- Place: Dallas-Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Dallas-Fort Worth International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 32.8972° N, 97.0377° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTL (DFW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8972&lon=-97.0377&mi=10
- Aircraft: N622DL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757232
- Reported engine: PWA PW2037
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 428 in this make and model, 155 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021230034539I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DESCENDING THROUGH 25,000 FT., WITH SEAT BELT LIGHT ON EXPERIENCED SEVERE TURBULENCE. FLIGHT ATTENDANT M. MCCORMACK-JAMESON WAS UP ASSISTING A PASSENGER WHO WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY FASTENING HIS SEAT BELT. FLIGHT ATTENDANT M. MCCORMACK-JAMESON WAS THROWN INTO THE CEILING, AND WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL. FLIGHT ATTENDANT M. MCCORMACK-JAMESON SUSTAINED A HYPER EXTENDED LEFT KNEE AND HEAD CONTUSIONS, THERE WERE NO OTHER INJURIES. AIRCRAFT N622DL RECEIVED A TURBULENCE INSPECTION PER MAINTENANCE MANUAL 05-51-04-2 WITH NO DAMAGE FOUND. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE ON DECEMBER 31, 2002.

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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