- Date
- January 5, 1993, 14:53 local (19:53 UTC)
- Place
- Sarasota, FL
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 21 minor, 200 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N360AABoeing 767-323ER
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930105022929A
- Case key
- 33213
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Probable cause
The in-flight encounter with weather and the failure of the passengers to comply with the instructions of the flightcrew.
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 airliner was in cruise flight at flight level 310 deviating around thunderstorms when it encountered turbulence. Two passengers and 1 flight attendant received serious injuries, and 5 flight attendants and 16 passengers received minor injuries. The flight diverted back to the destination airport. The dfdr revealed that the airplane experienced a total 'g' excursion of 2.77 'gs'. The seatbelt sign was on and a passenger announcement had been made prior to the turbulence being encountered.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N360AA
- Reported as
- Boeing 767-323ER
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24041
- Airframe hours
- 20,317
- Engine
- GE CF6 80C2B 6, 61,500 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- American Airlines, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Boeing Leasing Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- AAIP · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- MIA · Miami, FL
- Destination
- SFO · San Francisco, CA
- 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
- 55
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 17,500 total · 2,556 in this make and model · 150 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SRQ, 22 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.
Other investigations on N360AA · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.