Incident · 1996-06-03
What the record says
- Event date
- 1996-06-03
- Event type
- Incident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- McDonnell Douglas MD-82 (N493AA)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
The aircraft's encounter with unforcasted and unreported severe turbulence.
Source: NTSB case FTW96IA235Flight 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.