- Date
- October 23, 1991, 17:07 local (21:07 UTC)
- Place
- Boston, MA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 91 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N441USBoeing 737-4B7
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911023047709A
- Case key
- 37099
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Probable cause
A latch failure on a door in the aft galley which allowed a liquor kit to roll forward.
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 Boeing 737 was on landing roll when a door in the aft galley opened. A liquor kit rolled out toward an aft facing flight attendant who fended off the kit with her left hand. Her hand bent rearward and the flight attendant received a broken wrist. Both flight attendants seated in the rear of the airplane said they believed the door was locked prior to landing. After landing the flight attendants were able to open the door again by hand after it was locked. Maintenance personnel were unable to duplicate the failure; however, the latches were replaced as a precaution.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N441US
- Reported as
- Boeing 737-4B7
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24812
- Engine
- GE CFM56, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Usair
- Registered owner
- Usair
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- BWI · Baltimore, MD
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BOS · Logan, runway 4, 7,860 × 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) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BOS, 1 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.