Boeing 767-332ER N173DZ

Summary

On 4 November 2000 at about 19:15 local time, a Boeing 767-332ER registered N173DZ was involved in an accident near Portland, Oregon, United States. 184 people were on board and one was seriously injured, 3 had minor injuries. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

4 November 2000 at 19:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Portland, Oregon, United States

Coordinates

45.5704, -122.5905

Aircraft

Boeing 767-332ER

Registration

N173DZ

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Salt Lake City → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA01LA014

1 person was seriously injured.

An inflight encounter with turbulence that occurred before flight attendants could finish stowing a beverage cart and return to their seats.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

About five to 10 minutes after the flight attendants began cabin service, the aircraft entered an area of light to moderate turbulence. The flight crew directed the flight attendants to discontinue cabin service and take their seats, and initiated a descent to an altitude where the air was reported smooth. The flight attendants were in the process of attempting to stow a beverage cart in the aft galley when the aircraft encountered turbulence that momentarily subjected the aircraft to negative G forces. The unseated flight attendants were thrown up off the floor in this encounter, with at least one flight attendant striking her head on the ceiling. The unsecured beverage cart landed on top of this flight attendant's foot, fracturing bones in her foot. Three other flight attendants received minor injuries. The flight crew reported that this encounter occurred in the descent just above flight level (FL) 330, about 90 miles east of the Kimberly, Oregon (IMB) VORTAC. Upon being notified of this situation, the flight crew initiated actions to deal with the situation, and continued on to the flight's destination with the remainder of the flight proceeding uneventfully.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.