# Incident 20090531048969I: Boeing 737-7BD, Nassau, BH, May 31, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2009, 11:52 local time
- Place: Nassau, BH
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ZZDA
- Aircraft: N167AT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-7BD
- Reported engine: CFM INTL. CFM56 SERIES
- People aboard: 142
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 8,500 total, 768 in this make and model, 194 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090531048969I

## Narrative

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

PILOT IN COMMAND REQUESTED A CLIMB  TO FLIGHT LEVEL 410  IN AN ATTEMPT TO CLIMB OVER A CUMULUS BUILD UP. THE INVESTIGATION INDICATED HE EXCEEDED THE STALL/BUFFET BOUNDARY MARGIN FOR THE AIRCRAFT WEIGHT RESULTING IN A BUFFET CONDITION WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY CAUSED AN UNSCHEDULED BUT CONTROLLED DESCENT INTO A TURBULENT AREA OF THE BUILD UP. THE TURBULENCE FURTHER AGGRIVATED THE SITUATION RESULTING IN A DESCENT  TO FLIGHT LEVEL 310.THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH MIAMI AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SECTOR ZMA-58.

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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