# Accident 20030803027409A: Doug DC982, Charlotte, NC, August 3, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2003, 22:07 local time
- Place: Charlotte, NC
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 35.5067° N, 80.2475° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5067&lon=-80.2475&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7527A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7527A-2016-04-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82) (registry code 3022082, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-82-md-82) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-217A (registry code 51692, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-217a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC982
- People aboard: 132
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA03LA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA155) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030803027409A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 3, 2003, ABOUT 2207 HRS. EASTERN TIME, A DC-9-82, N7527A, REGISTERED TO WILMINGTON TRUST CO. AND OPERATED BY AMERICAN AIRLINES INC., A 121 SCHEDULE PASSENGER FLIGHT, ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE IN THE VICINITY OF CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT-RATED PILOT, FIRST OFFICER, THREE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AND 127 PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. ONE PASSENGER RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK THE SAME DAY AT 2015HRS. OFFICIALS AT AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT SAFETY DEPARTMENT STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS ENROUTE FROM LAGUARDIA AIRPORT, NEW YORK TO TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND WHILE AT AN ALTITUDE OF 31,000 FEET, TURBULENCE WAS ENCOUNTERED. OFFICIALS FURTHER STATED THAT DURING THE ENCOUNTER, ONE PASSENGER WAS IN THE LAVATORY AND WAS INJURED. THE FLIGHT LANDED AT TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (TPA) AT ABOUT 2230 HRS. THE PASSENGER SUFFERED A SERIOUS INJURY.

## 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 MIA03LA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA155), Aug 4, 2003: McDonnell Douglas MD-82 (N7527A), Charlotte, NC, no damage. Probable cause: The pilot-in-command's failure to sufficiently deviate to avoid known weather, and his failure to activate the seatbelt sign to ensure flight attendants and passengers were seated, which resulted in…

## Other reports on N7527A (1)

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

- [Incident 19910915052189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910915052189I), Sep 15, 1991: Doug DC982 (N7527A), Baltimore, MD. Smoke in cabin of unoccupied aircraft. Service clerk shut down APU. No fire. APU had internal failure.

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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