Accident · 2000-08-23

NTSB case FTW00LA244 · Boeing 757-223 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 2000-08-23
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Serious injury
Aircraft: Boeing 757-223 (N657AM)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

the flight crew's inadvertent encounter with convective turbulence while in cruise flight. A factor was the rapidly developing convective activity.

Source: NTSB case FTW00LA244

Flight 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.

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