- Date
- July 21, 1986, 11:20 local (15:20 UTC)
- Place
- Montgomery, AL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 39 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9332Douglas DC-9-31
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860721039229A
- Case key
- 7153
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During flt, the acft encountered turbulence (turbc) while flying in the vicinity of a thunderstorm (tstm). During the occurrence, a flt attendant, who was serving beverages, sustained a fractured lumbar vertebrae. Radar data revealed the acft was about 4 mi west (downwind) from hvy wx. Just before the encounter, the flt crew rprtd they were flying under 'some pretty good overhangs.' FAA circular ac 00-6A, titled 'aviation weather,' states 'do avoid by at least 20 miles any thunderstorm identified as severe or giving an intense radar echo. This is especially true under the anvil of a large cumulonimbus.' Rprtdly, the seat belt sign was on when the turbc encounter occurred.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9332
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-9-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 47264
- Engine
- P&W JT8D-9, 14,500 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- Republic Airlines, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- TPA · Tampa, FL
- Destination
- MEM · Memphis, TN
- 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
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 79 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PIE, 80 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.