- Date
- January 19, 1988, 18:12 local (Jan 20, 1988, 00:12 UTC)
- Place
- Chicago, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 145 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N306AABoeing 767-200
- Weather
- Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880119071839A
- Case key
- 13930
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
A flight attendant and a passenger received serious and minor injuries respectively during an inflight encounter with severe turbulence during an enroute descent. Greater than moderate turbulence was forecast to be in the area and severe turbulence had been reported by a transport (heavy) category aircraft. The seat belt sign was on and passengers were seated & belted. The flt attendants were standing and moving about. The injured attendant had a broken leg. The pass'g complained of a sore neck.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N306AA
- Reported as
- Boeing 767-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22312
- Engine
- P&W JT9D-7, 40,550 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- American Airlines
- Registered owner
- American Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- DFW · Fort Worth, TX
- 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
- 51
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 13,000 total · 326 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Dusk
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.