# Accident 20100429049119A: Boeing 767-223, Fort Dodge, IA, April 29, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 2010, 21:40 local time
- Place: Fort Dodge, IA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 42.5009° N, 94.1704° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5009&lon=-94.1704&mi=10
- Aircraft: N320AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N320AA-2015-03-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 767-223 (registry code 1385123, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-223) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF6-80 series (registry code 30025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf6-80-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 767-223
- Reported engine: GE CF6-80 SERIES
- People aboard: 178
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 6
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 2,501 in this make and model, 148 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10LA240](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA240) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100429049119A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 29, 2010, AT 210 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A BOEING 767-223, N320AA, OPERATED BY AMERICAN AIRLINES AS FLIGHT 20, ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE DURING CRUISE FLIGHT NEAR FORT DODGE (FOD), IOWA.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  OF THE 178 PEOPLE ABOARD, 1 FLIGHT ATTENDANT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES, 2 FLIGHT ATTENDANTS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES, AND 3 PASSENGERS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.

## 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 CEN10LA240](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA240), Apr 30, 2010: Boeing 767 (N320AA), Fort Dodge, IA, no damage. Probable cause: The flight crew's inadequate separation from convective activity that resulted in serious injury to an unrestrained flight attendant.

## Other reports on N320AA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20091211052369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091211052369I), Dec 11, 2009: Boeing 767223 (N320AA), Raleigh, NC, No damage. American airlines flight 173 experienced a flight control problem. Landed rdu airport without incident. Contacted aal manager aircraft maintenance rdu Mr.…

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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