- Date
- June 30, 2015, 06:49 local (10:49 UTC)
- Place
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N396DABoeing 737 832
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Cabin safety event
- Weather
- Not reported
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 2016
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Case key
- 91477
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Probable cause
inadvertent contact by beverage cart during cabin service.
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 June 30, 2015 at 0630 mountain daylight time, a passenger experienced a serious injury aboard Delta Air Lines flight 2526, a Boeing 737, N396DA, while in cruise flight. There was no turbulence at the time. According to flight attendant statements, while pushing a beverage cart through the isle a passenger's left foot became wedged between the cart and the seat. During follow up examination by her doctor, the passenger was diagnosed with a broken bone in her foot. The CFR Part 121 scheduled passenger flight was enroute from Bozeman, Montana, to Salt Lake City, Utah. There were no other injuries or damage.
Factual narrative
On June 30, 2015 at 0630 mountain daylight time, a passenger experienced a serious injury aboard Delta Air Lines flight 2526, a Boeing 737, N396DA, while in cruise flight. There was no turbulence at the time. According to flight attendant statements, while pushing a beverage cart through the isle a passenger's left foot became wedged between the cart and the seat. During follow up examination by her doctor, the passenger was diagnosed with a broken bone in her foot. The CFR Part 121 scheduled passenger flight was enroute from Bozeman, Montana, to Salt Lake City, Utah. There were no other injuries or damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N396DA
- Reported as
- Boeing 737 832 (832)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30378
- Built
- 2000
- Airframe hours
- 42,249
- Engines
- CFM Intl. CFM56 SERIES, turbo fanCFM Intl. CFM56 SERIES, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Delta Air Lines Inc
- Registered owner
- Delta Air Lines Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · June 28, 2015
- Departed
- BZN · Bozeman, MT
- Destination
- SLC · Salt Lake City, UT
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Equipment
- Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Data recorder, Angle of attack indicator, Stall warning system, Onboard weather, Heads up display, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display
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
- 54
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Private, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Unknown
- Last flight review
- December 5, 2014
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 14,521.5 total · 6,696.2 in this make and model · 190.5 in the last 90 days · 5.1 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Co-pilot
- Age
- 44
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Unknown
- Last flight review
- January 22, 2015
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,352 total · 1,352 in this make and model · 152 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Not reported
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 21, 2021, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 8.6 MB in all.