# Accident 20151226024229A: Boeing 737-76N, San Diego, CA, December 26, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 2015, 14:38 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: San Diego International Airpor
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 32.8683° N, 116.5500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8683&lon=-116.5500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7733B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7733B-2026-09-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-76N (registry code 13844CH, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-76n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56-7B22 series (registry code 13043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-7b22-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-76N
- Reported engine: CFM INTL CFM56-7B22
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 13,370 total, 1,696 in this make and model, 182 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA16CA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16CA052) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151226024229A

## Narrative

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

DURING DESCENT, FLIGHT ENCOUNTERED MODERATE TURBULENCE.  FLIGHT ATTENDANT WAS IN AFT GALLEY SECURING GALLEY FOR LANDING AND SUFFERED FRACTURED RIGHT ANKLE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO BE SEATED DURING TURBULENCE.

## 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 DCA16CA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16CA052), Dec 26, 2015: Boeing 737 76N (N7733B), San Diego, CA, no damage. Probable cause: An inadvertent encounter with clear air 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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