Aviation Crash Map

Boeing 767-200 N306AA

20 January 1988 · Chicago, Illinois, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 20 January 1988 at about 00:12 local time, a Boeing 767-200 registered N306AA, operated by American Airlines, was involved in an accident near Chicago, Illinois, United States. 147 people were on board and one was seriously injured, one had minor injuries. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 00:12
Classification
Accident
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Boeing 767-200
Registration
N306AA
Category
Airplane
Engines
2
Operating rule
Part 121: Air Carrier
Purpose of flight
Unknown
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Fort Worth → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Not recorded
Weather
Unk
Light
Dusk
NTSB number
CHI88FA048

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
147 0 1 1 145

Probable cause

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

A FLIGHT ATTENDANT AND A PASSENGER RECEIVED SERIOUS AND MINOR INJURIES RESPECTIVELY DURING AN INFLIGHT ENCOUNTER WITH SEVERE TURBULENCE DURING AN ENROUTE DESCENT. GREATER THAN MODERATE TURBULENCE WAS FORECAST TO BE IN THE AREA AND SEVERE TURBULENCE HAD BEEN REPORTED BY A TRANSPORT (HEAVY) CATEGORY AIRCRAFT. THE SEAT BELT SIGN WAS ON AND PASSENGERS WERE SEATED & BELTED. THE FLT ATTENDANTS WERE STANDING AND MOVING ABOUT. THE INJURED ATTENDANT HAD A BROKEN LEG. THE PASS'G COMPLAINED OF A SORE NECK.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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