Accident · 1998-03-04

NTSB case LAX98LA104 · Boeing 737-242C · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1998-03-04
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Serious injury
Aircraft: Boeing 737-242C (N746AS)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

Unforecasted and sudden encounter with clear air turbulence when passengers and flight attendants were not secured in their seats.

Source: NTSB case LAX98LA104

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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