# Accident 20071225829119A: Airbus A330323, Honolulu, HI, December 25, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 25, 2007, 08:51 local time
- Place: Honolulu, HI
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 21.3186° N, 157.9225° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.3186&lon=-157.9225&mi=10
- Aircraft: N819NW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N819NW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus A330-323 (registry code 3940030, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a330-323) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW4168A (registry code 51510, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw4168a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A330323
- Reported engine: PWA PW4168A
- People aboard: 306
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,356 total, 387 in this make and model, 257 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA08LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08LA051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071225829119A

## Narrative

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

(-23) INBOUND NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT NO. 16 AT FLIGHT LEVEL 370-380 FROM KENSAI JAPAN TO HONOLULU HAWAII ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE. REPORTED 2 FEMALE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS INJURED AND 2 PASSENGERS MALE AND FEMALE INJURED.

## 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 SEA08LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08LA051), Dec 25, 2007: Airbus Industrie A330-323 (N819NW), Honolulu, HI, no damage. Probable cause: The failure of the two flight attendants in the aft galley to understand the lead flight attendant's instructions, which resulted in them not being seated when the flight encountered convectively…

## Other reports on N819NW (1)

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

- [Incident 20080608848309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080608848309I), Jun 8, 2008: Airbus A330323 (N819NW), Minneapolis, MN, Minor damage. (-23) Nwa flight 45, amsterdam (eham) to Minneapolis (kmsp), an A-330-323, N819NW, taxied to gate G-9 at main terminal. As the aircraft approached the gate,…

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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