# Accident 20090418008699A: Boeing 737724, Mc Allen, TX, April 18, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 2009, 02:00 local time
- Place: Mc Allen, TX
- Airport: Mc Allen Miller International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 26.1722° N, 98.2364° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1722&lon=-98.2364&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27722, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N27722) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-724 (registry code 13844BY, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-724) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737724
- Reported engine: GE CFM56*
- People aboard: 103
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 8,155 in this make and model, 84 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09LA256](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA256) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090418008699A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED IAH ENROUTE TO MFE, UPON DESCENT INTO MFE @280 KNOTS AND APPROX 1000 VSI, FL 200 AIRCRAFT ENTERED A LINE OF PRECIPITATION ABOUT 5-10 NM WIDE, AIRCRAFT ENTERED INTO A CLOUD FORMATION AND ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE FOR ABOUT 15 SECONDS, THIS INCLUDED UP/DOWN DRAFTS AND ROLLED ABOUT 30 DEGREES.  AIRCRAFT CONTINUED THE DESCENT TO 10000 AS CLEARED.  ATC WAS NOTIFIED OF MEDICAL EMERGENCY.  THE SEAT BELT SIGN WAS ILLUMINATED FOR THE ENTIRE FLIGHT DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE TURBULENCE.  AT 0216 AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY.  ONE FLIGHT ATTENDANT IN THE LAVATORY WAS INJURED WITH A BRUISED TAILBONE, TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND RELEASED, ONE PASSENGER WHO DID NOT HAVE HIS SEAT BELT ON HIT HIS HEAD ON THE OVERHEAD, TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND RELEASEED, ONE PASSENGER PASSED OUT AND WAS GIVEN O2 ON THE SCENE AND RELEASED, AND ONE PASSENGER SUBSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES IN THE LAVATORY, BREAKING HER NECK, HER HIP AND RIBS, SHE HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL AND REQUIRES SURGERY.

## 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 CEN09LA256](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA256), Apr 18, 2009: Boeing 737-724 (N27722), McAllen, TX, no damage. Probable cause: The injured passenger's failure to comply with the requirement to remain seated with a fastened seatbelt.

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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