# Accident 20030301034319A: Aerosp ATR72212, Crestview, FL, March 1, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 2003, 06:30 local time
- Place: Crestview, FL
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ASOA
- Location: 33.6403° N, 84.4269° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6403&lon=-84.4269&mi=10
- Aircraft: N642AS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N642AS-2009-10-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale/Alenia ATR-72-212 (registry code 8680946, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-alenia-atr-72-212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney 127 (registry code 52132, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-127) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP ATR72212
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,641 total, 4,076 in this make and model, 222 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL03LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030301034319A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 1, 2003, AT 0630 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, AN AEROSPATIALE ATR-72-212, N642AS, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY ATLANTIC SOUTHEAST AIRLINES AS FLIGHT 4268, ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MILES NORTH OF THE CRESTVIEW VOR ENROUTE FROM FT. WALTON BEACH, FL (VPS), TO ATLANTA, GA (ATL), AT AN ALTITUDE OF 17,000' MSL. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED THE SEVERE TURBULENCE BOTH FLIGHT ATTENDANTS (FA) WERE UP OUT OF THEIR SEATS AND RECEIVED INJURIES. ONE FA RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES AND ONE RECEIVED MORE SERIOUS INJURIES. THE SEAT BELT SIGN WAS ON AND NO PASSENGERS WERE INJURED. BOTH THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS ASSURED THE CAPTAIN THAT THEY COULD SAFELY CONTINUE THE FLIGHT TO ATL. PARAMEDICS WERE CALLED TO MEET THE AIRCRAFT AFTER LANDING. UPON LANDING TWO FLIGHT ATTENDANTS BOARDED TO ASSIST IN DEPLANING THE PASSENGERS. PARAMEDICS THEN BOARDED AND AFTER EXAMINING THE INJURED FLIGHT ATTENDANTS ADVISED THEM TO GO THE EMERGENCY ROOM FOR FURTHER EVALUATION. AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM IT WAS DETERMINED THAT ONE FA HAD MUSCLE STRAINS ONLY AND THE OTHER SUFFERED FROM A BROKEN FEMUR IN HER LEFT ANKLE.

## 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 ATL03LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA051), Mar 1, 2003: Aerospatiale ATR-72-212 (N642AS), Atlanta, GA, no damage. Probable cause: The flight's encounter with severe turbulence that resulted in serious injury to a flight attendant.

## Other reports on N642AS (1)

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

- [Incident 20000131000109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000131000109I), Jan 31, 2000: Aerosp ATR72212 (N642AS), Chattanooga, TN, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft marshalled to terminal and struck terminal bldg. With a wing tip. Aileron replaced. Ndt shows no structural deformation. Aircraft marshaller is…

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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