# Accident 20110509010859A: Airbus Industrie A319-131, Kirksville, MO, May 9, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2011, 04:23 local time
- Place: Kirksville, MO
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 39.8767° N, 93.6406° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8767&lon=-93.6406&mi=10
- Aircraft: N801UA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N801UA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus Industrie A319-131 (registry code 3930317, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a319-131) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: IAE V2500SERIES (registry code 34601, https://openairdocs.org/engine/iae-v2500series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS INDUSTRIE A319-131
- Reported engine: IAE V2500SERIES
- People aboard: 125
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 9,491 total, 4,710 in this make and model, 190 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA11FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA11FA053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110509010859A

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT CREW WAS AWARE DURING PREFLIGHT OF POSSIBLE TURBULENCE FOR ROUTE OF FLIGHT IN SOUTHERN COLORADO AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO.  THE AIRCRAFT WEATHER RADAR WAS ADJUSTED TO DETECT WEATHER RETURNS DURING CRUISE FLIGHT AT FL370.  THE FLIGHT WAS MOSTLY SMOOTH UNTIL OVER MISSOURI.  WITH THE CAPTAIN TAKING A LAVATORY BREAK AND THE FIRST OFFICER FLYING, THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED "SEVERE" TURBULENCE FOR APPROXIMATELY THIRTY SECONDS.  THE AFT FLIGHT ATTENDANT WAS SEATED IN HER JUMPSEAT PRIOR TO TURBULENCE ONSET, BUT WAS UNABLE TO SECURE HER RESTRAINTS WHEN IT BEGAN.  SHE WAS THROWN TO THE FLOOR, AND THEN "BOUNCED" OFF OF THE CEILING AND THE FLOOR TWICE DURING THE EVENT.  SHE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DETERMINED TO HAVE SUSTAINED A COMPRESSION FRACTURE OF HER L-1 VERTEBRAE.

## 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 DCA11FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA11FA053), May 9, 2011: Airbus A319 (N801UA), Chillicothe, MO, no damage. Probable cause: An inadvertent encounter with unforecast convective turbulence.

## Other reports on N801UA (2)

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

- [Incident 20080628839649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080628839649I), Jun 28, 2008: Airbus A319131 (N801UA), Wichita, KS, No damage. (-23) The flight crew of united flight 651, form chicago, IL (ord) to san diego CA (san), with 117 passengers and crew noted the smell of smoke in the cockpit…
- [Incident 20040105000079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040105000079I), Jan 5, 2004: Airbus A319131 (N801UA), Kansas City, MO. (-23) United airlines flight 1571, aircraft N801UA, an A-319-131, landed at mci from ord at approximately 22:30L. While taxiing, due to a heavy layer of ice on…

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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