# Incident 20091027051179I: Boeing 767-432ER, Atlanta, GA, October 27, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 2009, 21:30 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 33.6367° N, 84.4281° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6367&lon=-84.4281&mi=10
- Aircraft: N825MH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N825MH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 767-432ER (registry code 1385134, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-432er) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF6-80 series (registry code 30025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf6-80-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 767-432ER
- Reported engine: GE CF6-80 SERIES
- People aboard: 253
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10CA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091027051179I

## Narrative

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

0N 10/27/2009, ABOUT 2130 EDT, DELTA AIR LINES FLIGHT 21 FROM CDG TO ATL WAS ON A DOWN WIND RADAR VECTOR TO LAND ON RUNWAY 8L WHEN IT ENCOUNTERED TRANISENT MODERATE TURBULENCE. A FEMALE FLIGHT ATTENDANT WAS INJURED WHILE ASSISTING A NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING PASSENGER WHO WAS OUT OF HER SEAT. THE TURBULENCE CAUSED THE PASSENGER TO LOSE HER BALANCE AND BUMP INTO THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT KNOCKING HER DOWN. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT STRUCK HER HEAD AND TAIL BONE DURING THE FALL. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT INJURED HER TAIL BONE AS A RESULT OF FALLING.

## 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 ERA10CA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA036), Oct 27, 2009: Boeing 767-432ER (N825MH), Atlanta, GA, no damage. Probable cause: Unforecasted turbulence resulting in a flight attendant being injured.

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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