Boeing 757-223 N602AN
5 June 2005 · New Chicago, Indiana, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 5 June 2005 at about 18:00 local time, a Boeing 757-223 registered N602AN was involved in an accident near New Chicago, Indiana, United States. 162 people were on board and one was seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 18:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- New Chicago, Indiana, United States
- Coordinates
- 41.5600, -87.2744
- Aircraft
- Boeing 757-223
- Registration
- N602AN
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 121: Air Carrier
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Miami → Chicago
- Aircraft damage
- Not recorded
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CHI05LA135
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 162 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 160 |
Probable cause
The inadvertent encounter with convectively induced turbulence (CIT) while the aircraft was descending into the terminal area.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
During cruise descent the airplane encountered convectively induced turbulence (CIT) and two flight attendants were injured. One of the injured flight attendants was located in the aft galley preparing for landing when the airplane encountered the turbulence. The flight attendant stated that she heard the captain say "prepare for landing" and "all of [a] sudden I got lifted off the ground and slammed into the 4R door." This flight attendant suffered a fractured ankle. The other injured flight attendant was located near the aft lavatories preparing for landing when the airplane encountered the turbulence. The flight attendant stated that the airplane "hit some type of severe turbulence without warning" and that she was "thrown to the floor." This flight attendant suffered minor injuries to her shoulder, hip, foot, and lower back. Data from the airplane's Digital Flight Data Recorder (DFDR) was extracted and indicated that the airplane experienced vertical accelerations that were consistent with a CIT event. During the approximately 4 second CIT encounter, the maximum and minimum vertical accelerations were about 1.9g and 0.5g, respectively.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Boeing 757 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Mar 2005 | Boeing 757-232 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 20 Aug 2005 | Boeing 757-33N | Chicago, Illinois, United States | American Trans Air Inc | No injuries | - |
| 12 May 2005 | Boeing 757 | Manchester, United Kingdom | Britannia Airways Ltd | Unknown | - |
| 28 Oct 2006 | Boeing 757-224 | Newark, New Jersey, United States | Continental Airlines Inc | No injuries | - |
| 24 Jan 2004 | Boeing 757-236 | Copenhagen, Denmark | Air Greenland | Unknown | - |
| 19 Oct 2004 | Boeing 757 | Argentina | Government of Argentina | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Feb 2005 | Twin Commander Acft 680V | Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 11 Sep 2005 | Piper PA-32-300 | Wabash, Indiana, United States | - | Fatal | 4 |
| 10 Feb 2005 | Gulfstream American 690C | Indianapolis, Indiana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 10 Apr 2005 | Tschida GLASTAR | Kendallville, Indiana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 28 Mar 2005 | Piper PA-32-300 | Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 7 Sep 2005 | Hildebrant RUTAN DEFIANT | Bloomfield, Indiana, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |