Accident · 2001-08-09
What the record says
- Event date
- 2001-08-09
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- Boeing 737-500 (N512SW)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
An encounter with turbulence from a developing thunderstorm during cruise flight.
Source: NTSB case LAX01LA275Flight 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.