Boeing 727-222A N7443U

Summary

On 28 April 1996 at about 20:00 local time, a Boeing 727-222A registered N7443U was involved in an incident near Chicago, Illinois, United States. 136 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

28 April 1996 at 20:00

Classification

Incident

Location

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing 727-222A

Registration

N7443U

Category

Airplane

Engines

3

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

San Jose → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI96IA145

1 person had minor injuries.

a passenger disturbance that required the flight attendant to leave her seat. A factor in this accident was the encounter with turbulence as the flight attendant was performing her assigned duties.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airline flight was at Flight Level 240 when the ARTCC advised the captain of possible moderate chop starting at Flight Level 220. The captain advised the flight attendants of this information. A few minutes later the flight was instructed to descend to Flight Level 190. The captain turned on the seat belt sign and requested that the passengers take their seats. During the descent the flight encountered turbulence as it entered a cloud layer at Flight Level 220. As the flight entered the cloud layer a flight attendant was dealing with a passenger who had gotten out of their seat. The flight attendant fell against the passenger seat arm and onto the floor during the turbulence encounter.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.