Accident · 1996-12-22
What the record says
- Event date
- 1996-12-22
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- McDonnell Douglas MD-83 (N590AA)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
The flight's encounter with severe turbulence while the injured cabin crew was standing.
Source: NTSB case LAX97LA072Flight 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.