- Date
- August 9, 1990, 07:15 local (12:15 UTC)
- Place
- Corpus Christi, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 75 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N327SWBoeing B-737-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900809066269A
- Case key
- 23169
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Probable cause
The airplane's unexpected encounter with clear air turbulence.
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.
Analysis
The scheduled passenger airline flight was in cruise at FL 330 when it encountered clear air turbulence (cat). A flight attendant was thrown about the cabin and landed on her coccyx bone which fractured requiring hospitalization for more than 48 hours. The captain was deviating around Cirrus and cumulus clouds when the accident occurred.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N327SW
- Reported as
- Boeing B-737-300 (B737-300)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 23691
- Engine
- GE FMC56-B1, 20,000 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- Nnb Lone Star Lease Co., Ltd
- Departed
- HRL · Harlingen, TX
- Destination
- HOU · Houston, 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 12,459 total · 9,494 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.