- Date
- November 2, 1982, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Austin, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 67 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N55SWBoeing 737-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 2, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821102070079A
- Case key
- 69856
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Miscellaneous/other
Weather condition - turbulence in cloudsCause
Analysis
The pilot penetrated the top of a cumulus cloud while climbing from 18000 to 20000 feet. A sharp jolt was felt and turbulence continued for 3-4 seconds. A stewardess fell and broke her ankle.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55SW
- Reported as
- Boeing 737-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21693
- Engine
- P&W JT8D-9, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- S.W. Airlines Inc.
- Registered owner
- S.W. Airlines Inc.
- Departed
- SAT · San Antonio, TX
- Destination
- DAL · Dallas, TX
- 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 7,000 total · 3,000 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 18,000 ft broken
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.