# Accident 20030816022969A: Boeing 73783N, Wooster, OH, August 16, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2003, 13:40 local time
- Place: Wooster, OH
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AMTA
- Location: 40.9914° N, 81.8881° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9914&lon=-81.8881&mi=10
- Aircraft: N329TZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 73783N
- People aboard: 134
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,558 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 167 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC03LA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03LA177) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030816022969A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AMERICAN TRANS AIR FLIGHT 820 WAS DESCENDING INTO CLEVELAND OHIO. IFR CONDITIONS EXISTED ENROUTE BUT THE DESTINATION WAS REPORTED AS VFR WITH LIGHT WINDS. WHILE BEING VECTORED AROUND SCATTERED WEATHER IN THE AREA OF CLEVELAND, THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE. A FLIGHT ATTENDANT, WHO WAS PREPARING THE CABIN FOR LANDING, FELL AND SUFFERED A BROKEN ANKLE. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT NOR ANY INJURIES TO THE 2 PILOTS, 120 PASSENGERS, AND THREE OTHER FLIGHT ATTENDANTS. THE CLEVELAND FSDO OPERATIONS UNIT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF THE EVENT THROUGH A COPY OF THE NTSB PRELIMINARY REPORT WHICH WAS RECEIVED ON 9/24/2003. THE CERTIFICATE MANAGEMENT OFFICE IN INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA HAD PREVIOUSLY FORWARDED COPIES OF CREWMEMBER STATEMENTS TO THE NTSB, COPIES OF WHICH ARE RETAINED AT THE INDIANAPOLIS FSDO AND WERE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE CLEVELAND FSDO.

## 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 NYC03LA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03LA177), Aug 16, 2003: Boeing 737-800 (N329TZ), Wooster, OH, no damage. Probable cause: An inadvertent encounter with turbulence during descent.

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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