# Accident 20070428008899A: Aerosp ATR72212, San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 28, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2007, 08:20 local time
- Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TRBA
- Location: 18.4333° N, 66.0000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4333&lon=-66.0000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N407AT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N407AT-2015-04-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale ATR 72-212 (registry code 8680945, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-atr-72-212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney 127 (registry code 52132, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-127) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP ATR72212
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,407 total, 134 in this make and model, 77 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA07LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07LA086) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070428008899A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 28, 2007, AT ABOUT 0800 ATLANTIC STANDARD TIME, AN AEROSPATIALE ATR-72-212 AIRPLANE, N407AT, REGISTERED TO AMR LEASING CORPORATION, AND OPERATED BY EXECUTIVE AIRLINES, AS AMERICAN EAGLE FLIGHT 5089, A TITLE CFR PART 121 SCHEDULED INTERNATIONAL PASSENGER FLIGHT FROM NEVIS ISLAND, TO SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO, ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE WHILE DESCENDING TO LAND AT SAN JUAN. THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT RATED CAPTAIN, AND THE COMMERCIAL PILOT RATED FIRST OFFICER WERE NOT INJURED, TWO FLIGHT ATTENDANTS RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES, AND ONE PASSENGER RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE INJURED PASSENGER AND BOTH FLIGHT ATTTENDANTS WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. MAJOR SURGERY WAS REQUIRED FOR THE INJURED PASSENGER. THE AIRPLANE DID NOT INCUR ANY DAMAGE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN NEVIS ISLAND, THE SAME DAY, AT ABOUT 0650.

## 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 MIA07LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07LA086), Apr 28, 2007: Aerospatiale ATR 72-212 (N407AT), San Juan, PR, no damage. Probable cause: In-flight encounter with turbulence that resulted in injuries to a flight attendant and a passenger.

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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