# Incident 20050402009979I: Airbus A321231, Atlantic City, NJ, April 2, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 2005, 15:30 local time
- Place: Atlantic City, NJ
- Airport: Atlantic City International
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: GTIA
- Location: 39.4576° N, 74.5772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ATLANTIC CITY INTL (ACY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4576&lon=-74.5772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N586NK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N586NK-2008-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus A321-231 (registry code 3940032, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a321-231) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: IAE V2500SERIES (registry code 34601, https://openairdocs.org/engine/iae-v2500series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A321231
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,400 total, 188 in this make and model, 149 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050402009979I

## Narrative

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

(-23) SPIRIT AIRLINE FLIGHT NO. 262 FLL TO ACY. AN AIRBUS A-321-231, N586NK, EXPERIENCED CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE IN THE DESCENT BETWEEN FL 270 AND FL 220 THAT WAS LIGHT TO MODERATE. THIS TURBULENCE WAS REPORTED BY ATC AND THE CAPTAIN REPORTED IT TO THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS. THEY WERE TOLD TO PUT EVERYTHING AWAY, WHILE THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WERE PUTTING EVERYTHING AWAY, THE AIRCRAFT FLEW THROUGH WHAT THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS CALLED BAD TURBULENCE, A DEAD HEADING FLIGHT ATTENDANT WAS JUST LEAVING THE AFT LAVATORY AND WAS PROPELLED INTO THE AIR, SLAMMING HER INTO THE OTHER FLIGHT ATTENDANT. THEY WERE PINNED AGAINST THE AIRCRAFT RIGHT GALLEY AND BOTH ON THE FLOOR. THEY WERE UNABLE TO GET OFF THE FLOOR FOR APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES. THIS WAS WITNESSED BY A THIRD FLIGHT ATTENDANT WHO WAS NOT INJURED. BOTH FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WENT TO MAINLAND HOSPITAL IN GALLOWAY, NEW JERSEY AND WERE RELEASED. NO BROKEN BONES. NO PASSENGERS, FLIGHT CREW OR OTHER FLIGHT ATTENDANTS REPORTED ANY INJURIES.

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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