Accident · 2002-11-06
What the record says
- Event date
- 2002-11-06
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- McDonnell Douglas MD-82 (N479AA)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
The airplane's inflight encounter with turbulence that resulted in injuries to the number two flight attendant.
Source: NTSB case ATL03LA014Flight 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.