Incident · 2000-12-12
What the record says
- Event date
- 2000-12-12
- Event type
- Incident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- Boeing 747-422 (N119UA)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
An encounter with severe turbulence while in cruise flight. Factors in the incident were a delay in notification of the turbulence, and the lack of controller/pilot data link communications in the Anchorage ARTCC area.
Source: NTSB case ANC01IA022Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.