Accident · 1996-12-22
What the record says
- Event date
- 1996-12-22
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- Boeing 737-400 (N775AS)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
an in-flight encounter with unforecast severe clear air turbulence.
Source: NTSB case ANC97LA015Flight 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.