- Date
- March 17, 2014, 02:00 UTC
- Place
- Seattle (Pacific Ocean)
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 264 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N803NWAirbus A330 323
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Cabin safety event
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Completed · report September 1, 2015
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Case key
- 88944
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Probable cause
the flight attendant inadvertently tripping over a passenger's foot that was protruding into the aisle, which resulted in the flight attendant fracturing her foot.
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
About four hours after departure on an international flight, and while over the Pacific Ocean, a flight attendant tripped and fell over a passenger's extended foot while walking down the aisle. The flight attendant was unable to continue her duties due to a swollen and painful foot. During a follow up examination, the flight attendant was diagnosed with a fractured foot.
Factual narrative
About four hours after departure on an international flight, and while over the Pacific Ocean, a flight attendant tripped and fell over a passenger's extended foot while walking down the aisle. The flight attendant was unable to continue her duties due to a swollen and painful foot. During a follow up examination, the flight attendant was diagnosed with a fractured foot.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N803NW
- Reported as
- Airbus A330 323 (323)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0542
- Built
- 2003
- Airframe hours
- 47,220
- Engines
- P&W PW4000 SER, 24,900 horsepower, turbo fanP&W PW4000 SER, 24,900 horsepower, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Delta Air Lines
- Registered owner
- Delta Air Lines Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · March 15, 2014
- Departed
- SEA · Seattle, WA
- Destination
- RJAA · Narita
- 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
- 60
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Unknown
- Last flight review
- September 15, 2013
- Restraint
- 5-point
- Flight hours
- 10,830 total · 1,793 in this make and model · 64 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 2, 2015, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.7 MB in all.
Other investigations on N803NW · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.