Boeing 737 N318AU

Summary

On 18 September 1987 at about 23:13 local time, a Boeing 737 registered N318AU, operated by Usair, was involved in an accident near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. 81 people were on board and one was seriously injured, 6 had minor injuries. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

18 September 1987 at 23:13

Classification

Accident

Location

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing 737

Registration

N318AU

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Usair

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

New Orleans → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

NYC87FA260

1 person was seriously injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT WAS IN A HOLDING PATTERN AT 11,000' IN AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS & TURBULENCE. ALTHOUGH THE SEAT BELT SIGN WAS ON, TWO PASSENGERS (PAX) WENT TO THE AFT LAVATORY. AS ONE OF THE PAX WAS WAITING & THE OTHER WAS EXITING THE LAVATORY, THE ACFT ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE. THE FLT ATTENDANTS (F/A'S) TOLD THE PAX TO BE SEATED; HOWEVER, THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH TIME & THE PAX WAS THROWN AGAINST THE EXTENDED LEG OF A F/A, WHO WAS BRACING HERSELF IN A F/A SEAT. THE F/A SUFFERED A BROKEN LEG. ANOTHER F/A & 5 PAX RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.