- Date
- September 6, 1983, 13:14 local (18:14 UTC)
- Place
- Green Canyon172
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor, 68 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- YS17CBritish BAC 1-11
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 21053
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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.
Altitude deviation,uncontrolled
Weather condition - turbulence,clear airCause
Analysis
While established in cruise flight deviating around an area of thunderstorms the aircraft experienced an encounter with turbulence that caused 1 serious and 2 minor injuries
Aircraft
- Registration
- YS17C
- Reported as
- British BAC 1-11
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Rolls-Royce UNKNOWN, turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 129
- Registered owner
- Taca International Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BZE · Belizectybelize
- Destination
- MSY · New Orleans, LA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MSY · Moisant
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 25,000 total · 4,500 in this make and model · 23,000 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day