- Date
- June 29, 2015, 02:30 local (06:30 UTC)
- Place
- Atlanta, GA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N825MHBoeing 767 432ER
- 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
- 91478
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Probable cause
the flight attendant inadvertently slipped off a worn tread descending the crew rest ladder.
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 29, 2015 about 0230 eastern daylight time, a flight attendant experienced a serious injury aboard Delta Air Lines flight 74, a Boeing 767, N825MH. According to flight attendant (FA) statements, while in cruise flight with no turbulence, a FA was descending the ladder into the crew rest area when her foot slipped off a rung, twisting her right ankle. The FA continued her duties although her ankle had swelled and she was in pain. After landing, the FA was diagnosed with a broken right ankle. The FA reported that the tread was worn. The CFR Part 121 scheduled passenger flight was enroute from Atlanta, Georgia, to Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Factual narrative
On June 29, 2015 about 0230 eastern daylight time, a flight attendant experienced a serious injury aboard Delta Air Lines flight 74, a Boeing 767, N825MH. According to flight attendant (FA) statements, while in cruise flight with no turbulence, a FA was descending the ladder into the crew rest area when her foot slipped off a rung, twisting her right ankle. The FA continued her duties although her ankle had swelled and she was in pain. After landing, the FA was diagnosed with a broken right ankle. The FA reported that the tread was worn. The CFR Part 121 scheduled passenger flight was enroute from Atlanta, Georgia, to Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N825MH
- Reported as
- Boeing 767 432ER (432ER)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 29703
- Built
- 2000
- Airframe hours
- 60,565
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Delta Air Lines, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Delta Air Lines, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- June 23, 2015
- Departed
- ATL · Atlanta, GA
- Destination
- AMS · Amsterdam
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Equipment
- Angle of attack indicator, ADS-B, Stall warning system, Satellite tracking device, Onboard weather, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Data recorder
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
- Certificates
- Private, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Unknown
- Last flight review
- May 13, 2015
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,719 total · 2,170 in this make and model · 2,992 as pilot in command · 68 in the last 90 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Co-pilot
- Age
- 48
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Unknown
- Last flight review
- December 5, 2014
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 7,947 total · 3,889 in this make and model · 184 in the last 90 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Not reported
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 8, 2016, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.4 MB in all.
Other investigations on N825MH · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.