Accident · 2000-11-20
What the record says
- Event date
- 2000-11-20
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- Aerospatiale ATR-72-212 (N630AS)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
the flight encountered forecasted turbulence, which resulted in serious injury to a flight attendant. Factors in this accident were; the captain's inadequate briefing to the cabin crew; and the insufficient information about the known turbulence that would be encountered during descent.
Source: NTSB case MIA01LA030Flight 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.