# Incident 20060116000289I: Boeing 737824, Houston, TX, January 16, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 2006, 17:10 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Houston Intercontinental Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24224, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N24224) (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: 157
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060116000289I

## Narrative

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

(-23) INITIAL NOTIFICATION BY CREW OF FLIGHT 160 TO ZHU OF 1 PASSENGER INJURED FROM SEVERE TURBULENCE 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF IAH. INTERVIEWED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITT^ BY PHONE. HE STATED THAT AT THE START OF THEIR DESCENT FROM 25K WEST OF GLAND THEY RECEIVED A NOTICE OF TURBULENCE IN THE AREA. WITHIN 45 TO 90 SECONDS LATER THEY EXPERIENCED SEVERE TURBULENCE. THEY SHALLOWED THEIR APPROACH AND EXPERIENCED TURBULENCE AGAIN AT 17K AND AT 13K. FLIGHT CONTINUES TO IAH WHERE THREE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AND A PASSENGER WERE TREATED BY LOCAL EMTS. ONE FLIGHT ATTENDANT RECEIVED A 3.5 INCH CUT ABOVE THE LEFT EYE AND A CONCUSSION WHILE IN THE AFT LAV. THE SECOND FLIGHT ATTENDANT RECEIVED A CONCUSSION. THE THIRD FLIGHT ATTENDANT SUSTAINED SIDE AND BACK STRAINS. THE PASSENGER EXPERIENCED A CUT ON TOP OF HIS HEAD. ALL FOUR ELECTED TO SEEK ADDITIONAL MEDICAL ATTENTION AND WERE RELEASED THE NIGHT OF THE INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N24224 (1)

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

- [Incident 20060313005579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060313005579I), Mar 13, 2006: Boeing 737824 (N24224), Houston, TX, Minor damage. (-23) This incident has been accepted into the Continental airlines asap program. It will be handled by the asap procedures. Continental flt #1836 landed on…

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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