- Date
- February 19, 2011, 18:43 local (23:43 UTC)
- Place
- North Fayston, VT
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 117 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N706JBAirbus A320-232
- Defining event
- Approach-IFR initial approach: Turbulence encounter
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Completed · report June 20, 2011
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO, JetBlue
- FAA report
- 20110219003149A
- Case key
- 78390
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 airplane's inadvertent encounter with turbulence during the approach, which resulted in serious injury to a flight attendant.
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
According to the captain, while on approach at an altitude of approximately 6,000 feet mean sea level, the airplane experienced an encounter with severe turbulence. Two flight attendants struck the aft galley floor and rear passenger door. One flight attendant sustained bruising and the other flight attendant sustained multiple fractured ribs. The airplane continued its approach and landed normally. There was no damage to the airplane.
Factual narrative
According to the captain, while on approach to the destination airport, at an altitude of approximately 6,000 feet mean sea level (msl), the airplane experienced an encounter with severe turbulence. Two flight attendants struck the aft galley floor and rear passenger door. One flight attendant sustained bruising and the other flight attendant sustained multiple fractured ribs. The airplane continued its approach and landed normally. There was no damage to the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N706JB
- Reported as
- Airbus A320-232
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3451
- Airframe hours
- 11,582
- Engines
- IAE V12840, 27,000 lbs thrust, turbo fanIAE V12840, 27,000 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Jetblue Airways Corp
- Registered owner
- Jetblue Airways Corp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · February 14, 2011
- Departed
- JFK · Jamaica, NY
- Destination
- BTV · Burlington, VT
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BTV · Burlington International, runway 33, 8,320 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 43
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- February 22, 2011
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,000 total · 3,175 in this make and model · 5,500 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 65 in the last 30 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Co-pilot
- Age
- 52
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- November 15, 2010
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 5,284 total · 257 in this make and model · 3,610 as pilot in command · 151 in the last 90 days · 36 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Wind
- 320° at 20 knots, gusting 26
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,400 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 18 °F, dew point 9 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.78 inHg
- Observed at
- BTV, 19 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 18, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 699 KB 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.