# Accident 20230724021209A: Boeing 737-7H4, Pittsburg, PA, July 24, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 2023, 15:15 local time
- Place: Pittsburg, PA
- Airport: Pittsburgh International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 40.8800° N, 80.6580° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8800&lon=-80.6580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N279WN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N279WN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-7H4 (registry code 1384404, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-7h4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56-7B24 series (registry code 13044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-7b24-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-7H4
- Reported engine: CFM INTL CFM56-7B24
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA23LA383](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23LA383) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230724021209A

## Narrative

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

AIR CARRIER PIC STATEMENT

ON DESCENT INTO PITTSBURGH, WITH NO INDICATION ON THE WEATHER RADAR, WSI WEATHER APP ON THE EFB, OR

INDICATION FROM ATC, THE FP AND I NOTICED A CUMULUS TYPE (NON-CONVECTIVE) LAYER OF CLOUDS THAT WE

WOULD BE DESCENDING THROUGH. WE DECIDED THAT THERE MAY BE SOME TURBULENCE ASSOCIATED WITH THE

CLOUDS DURING THE DESCENT AND NOTIFIED THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS TO TAKE THEIR SEATS (PRIOR TO ENTERING

THE CLOUD LAYER) IN THE EVENT THAT THERE WAS TURBULENCE. AS WE DESCENDED THROUGH THE CLOUD LAYER,

WE DID EXPERIENCE SOME TURBULENCE. THE REST OF THE DESCENT AND FLIGHT WAS UNEVENTFUL.

ON OUR WALK TO THE AIRPORT HOTEL IN PITTSBURGH WITH THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS, WE WERE TOLD THAT ONE OF

THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS MAY HAVE SPRAINED HER WRIST.

## 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 DCA23LA383](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23LA383), Jul 24, 2023: Boeing 737 (N279WN), East Palestine, OH, no damage. Probable cause: An inadvertent encounter with convectively induced turbulence (CIT) during descent.

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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