# Accident 20070603015099A: Boeing 757251, Denver, CO, June 3, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 2007, 13:00 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 39.7392° N, 104.9847° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Denver, CO, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7392&lon=-104.9847&mi=10
- Aircraft: N522US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N522US-2017-07-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-251 (registry code 1384970, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-251) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757251
- People aboard: 175
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070603015099A

## Narrative

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

(-23) FLIGHT 1221 ENCOUNTERED UNFORECAST, MODERATE TURBULENCE DURING DESCENT BETWEEN 10,000-7,000 FEET WHILE DESCENDING INTO DEN. WHILE PASSING 7,000' AND INTERCEPTING THE LOCALIZER, ONE OF THE FOUR ONBOARD FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WAS DOING HER FINAL CABIN CHECK WHEN THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A JOLT OF MODERATE TURBULENCE, CAUSING THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT TO FALL AND INJURE HER LEFT LEG. AT THE TIME OF THE TURBULENCE ENCOUNTER, THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATING IN VFR CONDITIONS AND THERE WERE NO PIREPS OR TPS ACTIVE FOR THE AREA OF THE ENCOUNTER. THE FLIGHT CONTINUED AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY IN DEN. PARAMEDICS MET THE FLIGHT AND THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT WAS REMOVED AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT BROKE HER LEFT LEG APPROXIMATELY 6" ABOVE THE ANKLE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N522US (1)

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

- [Incident 19880808039819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880808039819I), Aug 8, 1988: Boeing 757251 (N522US), Las Vegas, NV. Lost oil pressure. Diverted. Found chip detector unit came loose due cross threading. APU unit also malfunctioned.

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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