- Date
- August 5, 1986, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Gulf Of Mexico
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 102 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N32724Boeing 727-224
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860805042149A
- Case key
- 31688
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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.
Analysis
The commercial air carrier domestic flight was operating in an aera of known thunderstorm activity and encountered a jolt of turbulence. The passenger who was injured disregarded the illuminated seat belt sign and two announcements to remain seated by the flight attendants.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32724
- Reported as
- Boeing 727-224
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20654
- Airframe hours
- 41,564
- Engine
- P&W JT-8-15, 15,000 lbs thrust, turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- Continental Airlines Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- HOU · Houston, TX
- Destination
- FLL · Ft.Lauderdale, 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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 16,000 total · 9,000 in this make and model · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LCH, 79 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.