Boeing 737-800 N329TZ
16 August 2003 · Wooster, Ohio, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 16 August 2003 at about 17:40 local time, a Boeing 737-800 registered N329TZ was involved in an accident near Wooster, Ohio, United States. 135 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.
The record
- Date
- at 17:40
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Wooster, Ohio, United States
- Nearest airport
- Cleveland-Hopkins Int. (CLE)
- Coordinates
- 40.9914, -81.8881
- Aircraft
- Boeing 737-800
- Registration
- N329TZ
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 121: Air Carrier
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Cancun → Cleveland
- Aircraft damage
- Not recorded
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- NYC03LA177
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 135 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 132 |
Probable cause
An inadvertent encounter with turbulence during descent.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
As the flight was being vectored around weather, the airplane encountered turbulence. A flight attendant, who was preparing the cabin for landing, fell and suffered a broken ankle.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Jun 2003 | Mooney M20E | Guilford, Ohio, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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| 4 May 2003 | Cessna 182F | Washington Cour, Ohio, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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