- Date
- February 26, 2012, 09:06 local (09:06 UTC)
- Place
- Angers, France
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 146 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N829MHBoeing 767
- Defining event
- Enroute: Cabin safety event
- Weather
- Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 2015
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Parties
- FAA, Delta Air Lines
- FAA report
- 20120226003819A
- Case key
- 83014
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
the flight attendant inadvertently tripping over a passenger's luggage strap that was protruding into the isle.
Findings · 2
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
On February 26, 2012, about 1036 coordinated universal time, Delta Air Lines flight 143, a Boeing 767-432ER, N829MH, one flight attendant received serious injuries while delivering meal service. The flight was operating under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 121 as a scheduled international passenger flight from Frankfurt Airport, Frankfurt, Germany to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Detroit, Michigan. According to flight crew statements, about one hour and thirty minutes into the flight while the airplane was in cruise, one of the flight attendant tripped over a passenger's bag during meal service and received a serious injury as a result of the fall.
Factual narrative
On February 26, 2012, about 1036 coordinated universal time, Delta Air Lines flight 143, a Boeing 767-432ER, N829MH, one flight attendant received serious injuries while delivering meal service. The flight was operating under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 121 as a scheduled international passenger flight from Frankfurt Airport, Frankfurt, Germany to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Detroit, Michigan. According to flight crew statements, about one hour and thirty minutes into the flight while the airplane was in cruise, one of the flight attendant tripped over a passenger's bag during meal service and received a serious injury as a result of the fall.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N829MH
- Reported as
- Boeing 767 (432ER)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 29700
- Airframe hours
- 43,371
- Engines
- General Electric CF6-80C2B8F, 63,500 lbs thrust, turbo fanGeneral Electric CF6-80C2B8F, 63,500 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Delta Air Lines
- Registered owner
- Delta Air Lines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · February 19, 2011
- Departed
- FRA · Frankfurt
- Destination
- DTW · Detroit, MI
- 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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Unknown
- Last flight review
- November 30, 2011
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 5-point
- Flight hours
- 15,524 total · 344 in this make and model · 148 in the last 90 days
- Role
- Co-pilot
- Age
- 47
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Unknown
- Last flight review
- November 23, 2011
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 9,261 total · 6,457 in this make and model · 92 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Day
- Icing
- Unknown
- Turbulence
- Unknown
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 19, 2015, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.5 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.