Accident · 2004-07-25
What the record says
- Event date
- 2004-07-25
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- Boeing 777 (N797AN)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- AMERICAN AIRLINES INC
Probable cause
the in-flight encounter with unforecasted clear air turbulence.
Source: NTSB case DCA04MA061Flight 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.