# Accident 20030507036929A: Boeing 767322, New Market, VA, May 7, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 2003, 16:15 local time
- Place: New Market, VA
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 38.6356° N, 78.6667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6356&lon=-78.6667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N650UA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 767322
- People aboard: 147
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC03LA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03LA104) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030507036929A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE ON APPROACH TO THE AIRPORT AT FLIGHT LEVEL 210, THUNDERSTORM CELL ACTIVITY WAS NOTED ON THE AIRPLANES WEATHER RADAR. THE FLIGHT WAS GIVEN CLEARANCE TO DESCEND TO 11,000 FEET, AND DURING THE DESCENT, AN AREA OF MODERATE TURBULENCE WAS ENCOUNTERED, WHICH LASTED ABOUT 20-30 SECONDS. DURING THE ENCOUNTER, A FLIGHT ATTENDANT FELL AND TWISTED HER 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 NYC03LA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03LA104), May 7, 2003: Boeing B767-300 (N650UA), New Market, VA, no damage. Probable cause: The inadvertent encounter with turbulence.

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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