- Date
- June 22, 2011, 14:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Miami, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 126 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N884DAMcdonnell Douglas MD88
- Defining event
- Enroute-descent: Turbulence encounter
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 2011
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- Case key
- 80911
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 in-flight encounter with convective turbulence, resulting in an injury to a cabin 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, the flight was descending when he notified the cabin crew to take their seats because of anticipated turbulence. Soon after, while descending through 15,000 feet, the airplane encountered moderate turbulence for several seconds. According to the cabin crew, they were providing beverage services when they were notified, and began to secure the cabin when the airplane encountered the turbulence. One of the flight attendants sustained a serious injury, while the others were not injured. The airplane was not damaged and the flight landed uneventfully at the destination airport.
Factual narrative
According to the captain, the air carrier flight was descending when he notified the cabin crew to take their seats because of anticipated turbulence. Soon after, while descending through 15,000 feet, the airplane encountered moderate turbulence for several seconds. According to the cabin crew, they were providing beverage services when they were notified, and began to secure the cabin when the airplane encountered the turbulence. One of the flight attendants sustained a serious injury, while the others were not injured. The airplane was not damaged and the flight landed uneventfully at the destination airport.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N884DA
- Reported as
- Mcdonnell Douglas MD88
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 49762
- Airframe hours
- 67,993
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Dynamic Airways, LLC, doing business as Dynamic Airways, LLC
- Registered owner
- Dynamic Jet Lease
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · June 1, 2011
- Departed
- MUHA · Havana
- Destination
- MIA · Miami, FL
- 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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 8, 2011
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 16,176 total · 7,000 in this make and model · 10,976 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 37 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Co-pilot
- Age
- 28
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- January 27, 2011
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 3,139 total · 214 in this make and model · 1,400 as pilot in command · 139 in the last 90 days · 32 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.04 inHg
- Observed at
- MIA
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 15, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.4 MB in all.