Accident · 2003-06-05
What the record says
- Event date
- 2003-06-05
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- Airbus Industrie A320-321 (N644AW)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- AMERICA WEST AIRLINES Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- America West Airlines, Inc.
Probable cause
The flight's encounter with convectively induced turbulence associated with developing thunderstorms while the flight crew attempted to deviate around an area of adverse weather. The turbulence event occurred while the crew was attempting to maneuver around the identified primary buildup, and a secondary system that was partially masked by the primary cell visually and on radar was encountered.
Source: NTSB case LAX03LA181Flight 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.