# Accident 20050605024489A: Boeing 757223, New Chicago, IN, June 5, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 2005, 13:00 local time
- Place: New Chicago, IN
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 41.5600° N, 87.2744° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5600&lon=-87.2744&mi=10
- Aircraft: N602AN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N602AN-2021-11-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-223 (registry code 1384957, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-223) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce RB-211 series (registry code 54555, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-rb-211-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757223
- People aboard: 158
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA135) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050605024489A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 5, 2005, AROUND 1300 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME (CDT), A BOEING 757-223, N602AN, OPERATED BY AMERICAN AIRLINES AS FLIGHT 1399, ENCOUNTERED MODERATE TURBULENCE WHILE DESCENDING THROUGH 13,000 FEET MEAN SEA LEVEL (MSL) NEAR BEARZ INTERSECTION, NEW CHICAGO, INDIANA. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT ALTITUDE. THE COMMERCIAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATING UNDER PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 121. ONE FLIGHT ATTENDANT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED AND ANOTHER FLIGHT ATTENDANT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE CAPTAIN, FIRST OFFICER, 2 FLIGHT ATTENDANTS, AND 156 PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (MIA) AT 1124 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME (EDT) AND ARRIVED AT CHICAGO O'HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (ORD) AT 1320 CDT.

## 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 CHI05LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA135), Jun 5, 2005: Boeing 757-223 (N602AN), New Chicago, IN, no damage. Probable cause: The inadvertent encounter with convectively induced turbulence (CIT) while the aircraft was descending into the terminal area.

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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