Accident · 2001-06-05
What the record says
- Event date
- 2001-06-05
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- Boeing B757-200 (N563UA)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
the turbulence encountered during descent and the passenger failure to return to his seat.
Source: NTSB case CHI01LA154Flight 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.