- Date
- April 14, 2004, 17:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Beach Haven, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 121 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N448WNBoeing 737-700
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 28, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA FSDO-11
- FAA report
- 20040414023199A
- Case key
- 59065
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Probable cause
An encounter with turbulence during cruise flight.
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 airplane encountered moderate turbulence in cruise flight at 21,000 feet. The passengers were seated and the fasten seatbelt sign was illuminated. The flight attendants were also instructed to take their seats. While attempting to sit down, a flight attendant fell to the floor and suffered a fractured ankle.
Factual narrative
On April 14, 2004, about 1745 eastern daylight time, a Boeing 737-700, N448WN, operated by Southwest Airlines as flight 1025, was not damaged during an encounter with turbulence in cruise flight near Beach Haven, New Jersey. There were no injuries to the 2 certificated airline transport pilots, 2 flight attendants, and 117 passengers; while 1 flight attendant was seriously injured. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight that departed Baltimore, Maryland; destined for Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP), Islip, New York. An instrument flight rules flight plan was filed for the scheduled passenger flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 121.
The captain reported that the airplane encountered moderate turbulence in cruise flight at 21,000 feet, near the BRIGS intersection. The passengers were seated and the fasten seatbelt sign was illuminated. The flight attendants were also instructed to take their seats. While attempting to sit down, a flight attendant fell to the floor and suffered a fractured ankle. The airplane subsequently landed uneventfully at ISP about 1805.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N448WN
- Reported as
- Boeing 737-700
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 33721
- Airframe hours
- 2,260
- Engines
- General Electric CFM-56, 22,000 lbs thrust, turbo fanGeneral Electric CFM-56, 22,000 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- Southwest Airlines Company
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · April 12, 2004 · 24 hours before
- Departed
- BWI · Baltimore, MD
- Destination
- ISP · Islip, NY
- 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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Last flight review
- March 2, 2004
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 12,000 total · 9,500 in this make and model · 10,000 as pilot in command · 95 in the last 90 days · 48 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Co-pilot
- Age
- 41
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- April 12, 2004
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 6,000 total · 3,000 in this make and model · 2,500 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 80 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 0.25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 100 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.61 inHg
- Observed at
- ACY, 20 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.