- Date
- September 20, 1991, 22:15 local (Sep 21, 1991, 05:15 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Ana, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 80 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N633AWAirbus Industrie A-320-231
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910920063159A
- Case key
- 27035
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Probable cause
The failure of the flight attendant assigned to the aft galley jumpseat to secure a beverage cart in accordance with company policy.
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
One passenger sustained a fractured ankle after being hit with a beverage cart which was not secured by the aft galley flight attendant prior to landing. The flight attendant's attention was diverted to other matters prior to landing and she failed to properly stow the cart in accordance to america west policy guidelines.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N633AW
- Reported as
- Airbus Industrie A-320-231
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Int'l Aero En 2500-A1, 24,800 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- America West
- Registered owner
- America West
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- PHX · Phoenix, AZ
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- SNA · John Wayne, runway 19, 5,700 × 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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.