Accident · 1990-07-18

NTSB case MIA90LA155 · BOEING 727-223 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1990-07-18
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Serious injury
Aircraft: BOEING 727-223 (N6834)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.

Probable cause

UNFORECASTED ENCOUNTER WITH WEATHER. THE AIRPLANE ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBLENCE DURING ENROUTE DESCENT, RESULTING IN ONE FLIGHT ATTENDANT SUSTAINING SERIOUS INJURY, AND ONE PASSENGER SUSTAINING MINOR INJURY.

Source: NTSB case MIA90LA155

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.

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