# Incident 20120404007129I: Boeing 737-824, Houston, TX, April 4, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 2012, 07:04 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33209, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N33209) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-824 (registry code 13844BZ, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-824) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-824
- Reported engine: CFM INTL. CFM56 SERIES
- People aboard: 130
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 10
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 6,667 total, 1,691 in this make and model, 147 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120404007129I

## Narrative

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

UNITED FLIGHT 1727, B-738, TPA-IAH AT FL380 IN VFR CONDITIONS WITH A ROUTE CHANGE TO THE SOUTH DUE TO AVOID WX OBSERVED TO THE NORTH.  AT APPROX. 100 MILES SE OF LAKE CHARLES, LA THE FLIGHT EXPERIENCED SEVERE CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE AND A LOSS OF ALTITUDE FROM FL380 TO FL31500 IN A FEW SECONDS.

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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