Incident · 1997-07-10

NTSB case FTW97IA261 · Boeing 757-223 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1997-07-10
Event type: Incident
Highest injury level: Minor injury
Aircraft: Boeing 757-223 (N660AM)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

an encounter with unforecast convection induced turbulence (CIT). Related factors were: the flight crew's improper evaluation of the weather, and an inaccurate preflight weather briefing by company weather personnel.

Source: NTSB case FTW97IA261

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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