Accident · 2000-03-10

NTSB case MIA00LA108 · Aerospatiale ATR-72-212 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 2000-03-10
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Serious injury
Aircraft: Aerospatiale ATR-72-212 (N636AS)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

The flight attendant's failure to seat and belt herself during an inflight encounter with turbulence in clouds resulting in her losing foothold and falling against a passenger seat, sustaining a fractured ankle.

Source: NTSB case MIA00LA108

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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