Aerospatiale ATR-72-212 N636AS

Summary

On 10 March 2000 at about 18:10 local time, a Aerospatiale ATR-72-212 registered N636AS was involved in an accident near Athens, Georgia, United States. 27 people were on board and one was seriously injured. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

10 March 2000 at 18:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States

Coordinates

34.0008, -83.3391

Aircraft

Aerospatiale ATR-72-212

Registration

N636AS

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Atlanta → Greenville

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA00LA108

1 person was seriously injured.

The flight attendant's failure to seat and belt herself during an inflight encounter with turbulence in clouds resulting in her losing foothold and falling against a passenger seat, sustaining a fractured ankle.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the pilot, the flight was at cruise at 15,000 feet agl, with the seat belt sign illuminated, and no weather echo returns indicated on the weather radar, when he passed through the edge of a cloud. The aircraft received a hard jolt followed by moderate turbulence that caused an unseated cabin crewmember to lose her footing and fall against a seat armrest. She sustained a fracture of the great right toe and the left ankle.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.