- Date
- January 7, 1983, 20:10 local (Jan 8, 1983, 04:10 UTC)
- Place
- Near Yakima, WA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 36 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N292WABoeing 727
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 39653
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
During a climb to cruise, one passenger was injured when turbulence was encountered at about 20,500 ft MSL. The injured passenger was a 73 year old male, a retired priest and the only passenger not seated and wearing a seatbelt. As he exited the restroom, the turbulence was severe enough to break both ankles. The flight returned to seattle and theinjured passenger was deplanned and hospitilized.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N292WA
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- QA 941
- Airframe hours
- 7,976
- Engine
- P&W JT8D-15, 15,500 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- Western Airlines, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · January 2, 1983 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- SEA · Seattle, WA
- Destination
- SLC · Salt Lake City, UT
- 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
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 19,704 total · 7,064 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Temperature
- -0 °F