- Date
- June 26, 1988, 16:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Salisbury, MD
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 106 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9040UBoeing 737
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880626071089A
- Case key
- 11422
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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.
Analysis
Before the flt, the crew received a severe wx warning concerning wx along the route of flt. The captain informed the flight attendants to be prepared to have passenger service completed early and to be seated before the descent. Before encountering turbulence, the captain turned on the seat belt sign and made an announcement that the passengers should be seated with their belts fastened. This was followed by a similar announcement from the flight attendants. A female passenger and her 4 yr old daughter left their seats so the child could use the lavatory at the rear of the airplane. While they were returning to their seats, the airplane encountered turbulence, and subsequently, the female passenger suffered a fractured leg.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9040U
- Reported as
- Boeing 737
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 19078
- Airframe hours
- 37,627
- Engine
- P&W JT8D, 15,500 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- United Airlines, doing business as United Airlines
- Registered owner
- United Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · June 4, 1988 · 82 hours before
- Departed
- MCO · Orlando, FL
- Destination
- IAD · Washington, DC
- 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 17,200 total · 1,500 in this make and model · 8,500 as pilot in command · 179 in the last 90 days · 75 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IAD
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.