- Date
- April 17, 2010, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Chicago, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 83 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N461AAMcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82)
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Cabin safety event
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 2011
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- FAA report
- 20100417055279A
- Case key
- 75832
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Probable cause
The flight attendant's loss of balance resulting in a fall and a broken wrist.
Findings · 1
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
According to the flight attendant, as she turned to walk to the galley, she tripped and fell, landing on her left hand. It was later found that she had fractured her wrist. There was no damage to the airplane and no injuries to the other crew or passengers on the flight.
Factual narrative
On April 17, 2010, about 0900 central daylight time, a flight attendant was injured aboard a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82), N461AA, operated by American Airlines, Inc., and piloted by an airline transport pilot. The flight attendant received serious injuries when she fell during the flight. There was no damage to the airplane and no injuries to the other crew or passengers on the flight. The 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121 flight was operating on an instrument flight rules flight plan. The airplane had departed from the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, Austin, Texas, about 0820 and was en route to the Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois when the event occurred. The flight attendant reported that as she turned to walk to the galley, she tripped and fell, landing on her left hand. It was later found that she had fractured her wrist.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N461AA
- Reported as
- Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 49566
- Engines
- P & W JT8D SERIES, 7,700 lbs thrust, turbo fanP & W JT8D SERIES, 7,700 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- American Airlines Inc
- Registered owner
- Wilmington Trust Company Trustee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- AUS · Austin, TX
- Destination
- ORD · Chicago, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.