# Accident 20060425010089A: Boeing 777223, Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, April 25, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 2006, 17:30 local time
- Place: Dallas-Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Dallas-Fort Worth International
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 32.8914° N, 97.0361° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8914&lon=-97.0361&mi=10
- Aircraft: N789AN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N789AN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 777-223 (registry code 1385213, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-777-223) (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 777223
- Reported engine: RROYCE RB211TRENT89
- People aboard: 253
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 19,700 total, 1,049 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW06LA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06LA115) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060425010089A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 25, 2006, APPROXIMATELY 1730 CDT, AN AMERICAN AIRLINES' BOEING 777, N789A, FLIGHT 945 ENCOUNTERED MODERATE TURBULENCE DURING DESCENT INTO DALLAS/FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (DFW). THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. ONE FLIGHT ATTENDANT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES.

## 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 DFW06LA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06LA115), Apr 25, 2006: Boeing 777-233ER (N789AN), DFW Int'l Apt, TX, no damage. Probable cause: The in-flight encounter with turbulence in clouds resulting in a flight attendant being injured.

## Other reports on N789AN (2)

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

- [Incident 20040913021539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040913021539I), Sep 13, 2004: Boeing 777223 (N789AN), Boston, MA, Minor damage. (-23) American flight 108, a heavy B-777 departed bos, MA runway 04R at 1924 EDT, 09/13/04, pilot reported the number 2 engine failed and was returning to bos.…
- [Accident 20000926015509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000926015509A), Sep 26, 2000: Boeing 777223 (N789AN), Miami, FL. (-23) Capt. cummings had started his descent into the Miami area-turned the seat belt sign on and made his pa-to the cabin advising all of potential turbulence…

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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