- Date
- January 25, 1988, 23:20 local (Jan 26, 1988, 04:20 UTC)
- Place
- Block Island, RI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor, 151 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N117DLBoeing 767-332
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880125071799A
- Case key
- 7700
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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.
In flight encounter with weather
Weather condition - turbulence,clear airFactor
Crew/group briefing - disregardedCause
Seat belt - not usedCause
Analysis
The capt rptdly advised the flight attendants to secure the cabin and be seated due to turbulence expected during descent. About 5 minutes later, the airplane briefly encountered severe turbulence while passing through about FL230. A flight attendant sustained a broken ankle during the encounter.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N117DL
- Reported as
- Boeing 767-332
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 23276
- Airframe hours
- 3,415
- Engine
- GE CF6-80A2, 50,000 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Delta Air Lines, Inc., doing business as Delta Air Lines
- Registered owner
- Wilmington Trust Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- PBI · West Palm Beach, FL
- Destination
- BOS · Boston, MA
- Flight plan
- IFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 12,000 total · 903 in this make and model · 168 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.