# Accident 20160128004899A: Boeing 737-7H4, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, January 28, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 2016, 18:00 local time
- Place: Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood Inter
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 26.0717° N, 80.1497° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE/HOLLYWOOD INTL (FLL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0717&lon=-80.1497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N718SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N718SW-2024-10-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-7H4 (registry code 1384404, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-7h4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-7H4
- Reported engine: CFM INTL. CFM56 SERIES
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 14,321 total, 14,321 in this make and model, 247 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA16CA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16CA077) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160128004899A

## Narrative

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

APPROXIMATELY 35 MINUTES FROM FLL, DESCENDING FROM FL380 TO FL360,THE FLIGHT EXPERIENCED UNEXPECTED TURBULENCE.  THE "B" FLIGHT ATTENDANT WAS IN THE AFT GALLEY AT THE TIME AND FELL INJURING HER ANKLE.  THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT WAS UNABLE TO COMPLETE HER DUTIES AND WAS SEATED IN THE CABIN FOR LANDING.  NO OTHER CREW OR PASSENGER INJURIES WERE REPORTED.  UPON LANDING EMS MET THE FLIGHT AND TRANSFERED THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT TO THE HOSPITAL.  IT WAS CONFIRMED THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT SUSTAINED A FRACTURED 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 DCA16CA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16CA077), Jan 28, 2016: Boeing 737 7H4 (N718SW), Titusville, FL, no damage. Probable cause: an inadvertent encounter with clear air turbulence.

## Other reports on N718SW (2)

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

- [Incident 20121227027639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121227027639I), Dec 27, 2012: Boeing 737-7H4 (N718SW), Islip, NY, Minor damage. PIC & SIC failed to obtain ATC ground clearance for push back onto active taxiway. Subsequently flight crew given instructions to taxi to rwy 6 via twy 's' &…
- [Incident 19990516015859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990516015859I), May 16, 1999: Boeing 7377H4 (N718SW), Albuquerque, NM. On may 16, 1999, at approximately 1502 pm, swaa flight 1012 taxied for departure. A #1 engine eec light came on and the flight returned to the gate.…

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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