Accident · 2009-05-20
What the record says
- Event date
- 2009-05-20
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- BOEING 767 332 (N129DL)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- DELTA AIR LINES, INC. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- Delta Air Lines
Probable cause
Inadvertent encounter with convective turbulence while in cruise.
Source: NTSB case DCA09CA051Flight crew
No flight-crew details recorded in the NTSB accident database for this event.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.