# Accident 20070412005169A: Boeing 757222, Los Angeles, CA, April 12, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 2007, 13:15 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 33.9425° N, 118.4081° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9425&lon=-118.4081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N525UA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N525UA-2014-02-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-222 (registry code 1384956, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-222) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW2040 (registry code 52121, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw2040) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757222
- Reported engine: PWA PW2040
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX07LA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07LA127) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070412005169A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT FL300 PILOTS RECEIVED INFORMATION ABOUT TURBULENCE BELOW 12,000 MSL. THE CAPTAIN ADVISED THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS TO HAVE THE CABIN SECURED AND TO BE IN THEIR SEATS WITHIN 15 MINUTES. APPROXIMATELY 17 MINUTES LATER, DESCENDING THROUGH 15,500 MSL, THE FLIGHT EXPERIENCED ONE SECOND OF MODERATE CHOP. THE CABIN REPORTED INJURIES TO ALL FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AND NO INJURIES TO PASSENGERS. FOUR FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WERE TRANSPORTED TO CONCENTRA OCCUPATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, 6033 CENTURY BLVD, LOS ANGELES. ALL INJURIES WERE MINOR EXCEPT FOR FLIGHT ATTENDANT ^PRIVACY DATA ^. CONCENTRA DIAGNOSED ^PRIVACY DA^ WITH A CLOSED RIGHT FIBULAR FRACTURE. SHE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED TO FLY BACK HOME. THE AIRPLANE WAS NOT DAMAGED.

## 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 LAX07LA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07LA127), Apr 12, 2007: Boeing 757-200 (N525UA), Los Angeles, CA, no damage. Probable cause: The flight's encounter with a turbulence event that occurred while the flight attendants were unseated. Contributing to the accident was the apparent conflicting information provided by the flight…

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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