# Incident 20040217010589I: Boeing 737824, Lake Charles, LA, February 17, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 2004, 15:25 local time
- Place: Lake Charles, LA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 30.2266° N, 93.2174° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Charles, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2266&lon=-93.2174&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12238, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N12238) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-824 (registry code 13844BZ, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-824) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737824
- People aboard: 101
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,900 total, 12,046 in this make and model, 225 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040217010589I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED MOD/SEVERE TURBULENCE WHILE DESCENDING FROM FL350 INTO HOUSTON (IAH). AIRCRAFT DISPATCH RELEASE INCLUDED THE REMARK "PLANNED LOW ACROSS GULF FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE TURB AT FL280 TO FL360". PARAMEDICS MET THE AIRCRAFT AT THE GATE AFTER LANDING AND THREE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WERE TAKEN TO THE KINGWOOD MEDICAL CENTER FOR EMERGENCY TREATMENT. ALL THE INJURIES WERE MINOR AND AFTER RECEIVING TREATMENT, ALL THREE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WERE RELEASED.

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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