Boeing 767-224 N68160

Summary

On 22 April 2002 at about 06:30 local time, a Boeing 767-224 registered N68160 was involved in an accident near Atlantic Ocean. 122 people were on board and one was seriously injured, 2 had minor injuries. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

22 April 2002 at 06:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Atlantic Ocean

Coordinates

19.6636, -66.1261

Aircraft

Boeing 767-224

Registration

N68160

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sao Paulo → Newark

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Bright

NTSB number

NYC02LA088

1 person was seriously injured.

The airplane's inadvertent encounter which clear air turbulence during cruise flight.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane was in cruise flight at flight level 360, over the Atlantic Ocean, about 75 miles north of San Juan, Puerto Rico, when it encountered turbulence. One flight attendant sustained a serious injury, and one flight attendant and one passenger sustained minor injuries. The flight continued to its destination and landed without further incident. Review of National Weather Service Weather Surveillance Radar revealed echoes along the airway where the turbulence event occurred; which implied that the turbulent event was likely associated with a Convective Induced Turbulence (CIT) encounter related to the airflow associated with cumulonimbus activity, and possibly above and downwind of the cumulonimbus cloud tops.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.