# Accident 20241103017139A: Boeing 767-322, November 3, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 3, 2024, 05:00 local time
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 17.5781° N, 75.4642° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=17.5781&lon=-75.4642&mi=10
- Aircraft: N651UA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N651UA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 767-322 (registry code 1385200, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-322) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW4000 series (registry code 52119, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw4000-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 767-322
- Reported engine: P&W PW4000 SER
- People aboard: 170
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA25LA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25LA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241103017139A

## Narrative

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

WHILE CRUISING AT ALTITUDE WITH THE SEATBELT SIGN ILLUMINATED, THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED 2-3 SECONDS OF MODERATE TURBULENCE. THE CAPTAIN MADE THE APPROPRIATE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS TO TAKE THEIR JUMPSEATS.

THERE WERE NO WEATHER INDICATIONS ON AIRCRAFT RADAR OR WSI. ONE FLIGHT ATTENDANT FELL TO THE FLOOR AND WAS UNABLE TO RESUME DUTIES. MEDLINK AND DISPATCH WERE INFORMED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY, AND EMS WAS WAITING AT THE GATE TO ASSIST.

INJURED FA WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A CLOSED FRACTURE TRANSVERSE PROCESS OF LUMBAR VERTABRAE (SPINAL FRACTURE). FA WAS DISCHARGED WITH NO IN-PATIENT ADMISSION.

## 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 DCA25LA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25LA023), Nov 3, 2024: Boeing 767-322 (N651UA), Kingston, Jamaica, no damage. Probable cause: An inadvertent encounter with convective turbulence while in enroute cruise flight.

## Other reports on N651UA (2)

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

- [Accident 19970603023609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970603023609A), Jun 3, 1997: Boeing 767322 (N651UA), Ascuncion, AG. (.19) On June 3, 1997, at 2205 atlantic daylight time adt, a Boeing 767-300, N651UA, encountered turbulence enroute from buenos aires, argentina to jfk…
- [Incident 19930615026869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930615026869I), Jun 15, 1993: Boeing 767322ER (N651UA), Frankfurt, GE, Minor damage. Aircraft departed north side of runway on rollout. Aircraft continued through grass toward taxiway. Shut down.

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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