- Date
- November 10, 1987, 19:45 local (Nov 11, 1987, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Raleigh, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 65 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N315DLBoeing 737-232
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871110067369A
- Case key
- 7674
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Analysis
The acft encountered moderate to severe turbulence during the nighttime flt, when it passed through clouds momentarily at FL225. A flt attendant sustained a broken ankle. The captain rptd that radar gave no indication of any wx ahead prior to the encounter. The seat belt light was turned on about 15 seconds prior to entering the clouds, when the flt crew first observed the clouds.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N315DL
- Reported as
- Boeing 737-232
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 23087
- Engine
- P&W JT8D, 14,000 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Delta Air Lines, Inc., doing business as Delta Airlines
- Registered owner
- Wilmington Trust Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- ATL · Atlanta, GA
- Destination
- RDU · Raleigh-Durham, NC
- 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
- Certificates
- Flight engineer, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,000 total · 1,200 in this make and model · 150 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 190° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,400 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RDU, 90 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.