- Date
- May 9, 2013, 14:46 local (19:46 UTC)
- Place
- Dallas, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 119 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N327NWAirbus 320
- Defining event
- Standing: Cabin safety event
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 1, 2015
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Parties
- FAA AVP-100
- Case key
- 86932
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Probable cause
The flight attendant's inadvertent trip over the jumpseat that had not retracted automatically.
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
On May 9, 2013, about 1446 central daylight time, Delta Air Lines flight 2071, an Airbus 320-200, registration N327NW, had a flight attendant who fell and suffered a serious injury. The flight was operating under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 121 as a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Detroit, Michigan, to Dallas, Texas.According to flight attendant (FA) statements, the 1L FA did not notice that the jumpseat had not stowed automatically and she tripped and fell when she reached over the seat to disarm the main door after arrival at the gate. A follow-on medical examination revealed that the FA had received serious injuries from the fall.
Factual narrative
On May 9, 2013, about 1446 central daylight time, Delta Air Lines flight 2071, an Airbus 320-200, registration N327NW, had a flight attendant who fell and suffered a serious injury. The flight was operating under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 121 as a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Detroit, Michigan, to Dallas, Texas.According to flight attendant (FA) statements, the 1L FA did not notice that the jumpseat had not stowed automatically and she tripped and fell when she reached over the seat to disarm the main door after arrival at the gate. A follow-on medical examination revealed that the FA had received serious injuries from the fall.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N327NW
- Reported as
- Airbus 320 (211)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 297
- Airframe hours
- 45,534
- Engines
- CFM International CFM56-5-A1, 23,600 lbs thrust, turbo fanCFM International CFM56-5-A1, 23,600 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Delta Air Lines, doing business as Delta Air Lines
- Registered owner
- Wilmington Trust Company Trustee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · May 9, 2013
- Departed
- DTW · Detroit, MI
- Destination
- DFW · Dallas, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- DFW · Dallas-Fort Worth
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
- 57
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 5-point
- Flight hours
- 15,649 total · 6,875 in this make and model · 213 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Co-pilot
- Age
- 49
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Unknown
- Last flight review
- April 3, 2013
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 5-point
- Flight hours
- 2,945 total · 830 in this make and model · 114 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 11,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.95 inHg
- Observed at
- DFW
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 21, 2021, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 656 KB in all.