# Accident 20090220009979A: Boeing 747451, Narita, JA, February 20, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 2009, 11:50 local time
- Place: Narita, JA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 35.0268° N, 139.4744° E: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0268&lon=139.4744&mi=10
- Aircraft: N676NW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N676NW-2025-07-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 747-451 (registry code 1384940, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-451) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW4000 series (registry code 52119, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw4000-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747451
- People aboard: 375
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,700 total, 144 in this make and model, 248 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA09WA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA09WA029) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090220009979A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 20, 2009, AT 1150 LOCAL TIME, NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 2, AT BOEING 747-400, REGISTRATION N676NW, ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE ABOUT 70KM SSE OF NARITA AT 33,000 FEET WHILE ON DESCENT TO NARITA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, NARITA, JAPAN.  OF THE 408 PASSENGERS AND 14 CREW MEMBERS ONBOARD THE AIRPLANE, APPROXIMATELY 47 PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND AT LEAST ONE RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN MANILA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, MANILA, PHILIPPINES.

## 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 DCA09WA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA09WA029), Feb 20, 2009: Boeing 747 (N676NW), Tokyo, Japan, no damage

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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