# Accident 20091118054099A: Boeing 777-222, New Market, WV, November 18, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 2009, 19:30 local time
- Place: New Market, WV
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 38.6556° N, 78.7081° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6556&lon=-78.7081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N209UA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N209UA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 777-222 (registry code 1385219, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-777-222) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW4000 series (registry code 52119, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw4000-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 777-222
- Reported engine: P&W PW4000 SER
- People aboard: 200
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 16,750 total, 2,369 in this make and model, 74 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA10FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA10FA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091118054099A

## Narrative

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

WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT FL 310, UNITED FLT. 976 ENCOUNTERED CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE (CAT).   BECAUSE ATC REPORTED NO TURBULENCE AHEAD, THE AIR WAS CLEAR AND SMOOTH, THE CREW HAD TURNED OFF THE SEAT BELT SIGN.  THE TURBULENCE WAS SUDDEN AND WITHOUT WARNING, LASTING FOR 10-15 SECOUNDS.   FORTUNATELY, OUT OF 199 PEOPLE ON BOARD, ONLY TWO PEOPLE REPORTED AN INJURY.  ONE OF THE PASSENGERS WAS LATER FOUND TO HAVE A  BROKEN ANKLE.

## 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 DCA10FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA10FA012), Nov 19, 2009: Boeing 777-200 (N209UA), New Market, VA, no damage. Probable cause: The flight crew’s inadvertent encounter with a small area of cumulous clouds at night that resulted in moderate to severe convectively induced turbulence.

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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