- Date
- July 1, 1991, 20:47 local (Jul 2, 1991, 00:47 UTC)
- Place
- Newark, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 10 minor, 204 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N41063Airbus Industrie A-300-605R
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910701027639A
- Case key
- 36951
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Probable cause
The inadvertent encounter with in-flight turbulence, resulting in serious injuries to a crewmember and a passenger.
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 A-300 was deviating around a thunderstorm, approximately 25 miles ahead, when severe turbulence was encountered. Several crewmembers and passengers were seriously injured. The flight was cruising at 35,000 feet in Cirrus clouds. The captain had put on the seat belt sign prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41063
- Reported as
- Airbus Industrie A-300-605R (A300-605R)
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- GE CF680C2A-5, 61,500 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- American Airlines, Inc.
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- SJM · San Juan, PR
- 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
- 53
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 13,320 total · 349 in this make and model · 110 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
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 N41063 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.