# Accident 20090520857189A: Boeing 767-332, San Juan, PR, May 20, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2009, 12:30 local time
- Place: San Juan, PR
- Airport: Lmm International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 18.4691° N, 66.1007° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4691&lon=-66.1007&mi=10
- Aircraft: N129DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N129DL-2018-01-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 767-332 (registry code 1385101, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-332) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF6-80 series (registry code 30025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf6-80-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 767-332
- Reported engine: GE CF6-80 SERIES
- People aboard: 268
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 5
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 12,015 total, 4,052 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA09CA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA09CA051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090520857189A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 20, 2009, A DELTA B-767, REGISTRATION N129DL, ON A REGULARLY SCHEDULED FLIGHT FROM ATLANTA, GEORGIA, TO SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO, EXPERIENCED TURBULENCE DURING CRUISE AT 35,000 FEET. OF THE 261 PASSENGERS, 5 FLIGHT ATTENDANTS, AND 2 FLIGHT CREW ON BOARD, ONE FLIGHT ATTENDANT SUFFERED A BROKEN FEMUR AND TWO FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AND TWO PASSENGERS SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. THE TURBULENCE ENCOUNTER LASTED APPROXIMATELY 20 SECONDS, AND THE SEAT BELT SIGN WAS ILLUMINATED AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT.

## 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 DCA09CA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA09CA051), May 20, 2009: Boeing 767 332 (N129DL), San Juan, PR, no damage. Probable cause: Inadvertent encounter with convective turbulence while in cruise.

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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