# Accident 20120607010549A: Boeing 757-2B7, Atlantic City, NJ, June 7, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 2012, 12:16 local time
- Place: Atlantic City, NJ
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 39.8744° N, 75.2419° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8744&lon=-75.2419&mi=10
- Aircraft: N936UW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N936UW-2018-11-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-2B7 (registry code 1384964, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-2b7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce RB-211 series (registry code 54555, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-rb-211-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757-2B7
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC RB.211 SERIES
- People aboard: 185
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 3
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 21,300 total, 275 in this make and model, 195 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA12CA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA12CA086) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120607010549A

## Narrative

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

DURING DESCENT INTO PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, THE FLIGHT ENCOUNTERED MODERATE TURBULENCE WHILE DESCENDING THROUGH CLOUDS BETWEEN 10,000-12,000 FEET. THE SEAT BELT SIGN WAS ON, AND THE CAPTAIN HAD MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT OVER  THE PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM TO THE PASSENGERS TO MAKE MAKE SURE TO CHECK SEAT BELTS.AFTER ENCOUNTER, THE CABIN CREW CALLED THE FLIGHT DECK VIA THE INTERPHONE SYSTEM TO ADVISE THAT THERE HAD BEEN SOME INJURIES TO FLIGHT ATTENDANTS, AND ONE WAS LAYING ON THE FLOOR.THE FLIGHT CREW ADVISED PHILADELPHIA APPROACH THAT THEY WOULD LIKE MEDICAL PERSONNEL TO MEET THE AIRCRAFT AT THE GATE.PARAMEDICS MET THE AIRCRAFT UPON ARRIVAL AT THE GATE, AND TRANSPORTED FIVE (5) FLIGHT ATTENDANTS TO THE HOSPITAL. ONE FLIGHT ATTENDANT HAD SUSTAINED TWO (2) FRACTURES TO HER 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 DCA12CA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA12CA086), Jun 7, 2012: Boeing 757 2B7 (N936UW), Philadelphia, PA, no damage. Probable cause: an inadvertent encounter with convective turbulence.

## Other reports on N936UW (1)

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

- [Incident 20140429005209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140429005209I), Apr 29, 2014: Boeing 757-2B7 (N936UW), Richmond, VA, No damage. On April 29, 2014, at approximately 1939 UTC, usairways flight 815, a Boeing B-757, encountered severe clear air turbulence in the vicinity of flat rock VOR…

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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