- Date
- July 25, 1984, 18:40 local (22:40 UTC)
- Place
- Augusta, GA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 99 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8978EDouglas DC-9-31
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840725069749A
- Case key
- 6507
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a turbulence encounter a pax standing in the rear of the cabin fell and suffered a fractured leg. The seat belt sign was illuminated for the entire flt. At the direction of the capt, in-flt service by the flt attendants was terminated. The injured pax asked a flt attd if he could smoke. He was directed to go aft to a seat in the smoking section. The pax went aft but could not find a suitable seat and elected to stand in the aisle. Both flt attds were busy securing the galley and were not aware of the standing pax.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8978E
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-9-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 47327
- Engine
- P&W JT8D-7B, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- Eastern Air Lines, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- CAE · Columbia, SC
- Destination
- ATL · Atlanta, GA
- Flight plan
- IFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 11,480 total · 4,153 in this make and model · 187 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AGS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8978E · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.