Boeing 747-422 N120UA

Summary

On 27 June 2007 at about 11:27 local time, a Boeing 747-422 registered N120UA was involved in an accident near Oceanic, United States. 283 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

27 June 2007 at 11:27

Classification

Accident

Location

Oceanic, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing 747-422

Registration

N120UA

Category

Airplane

Engines

4

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

San Francisco → Sydney

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

LAX07LA204

1 person was seriously injured.

An in-flight encounter with turbulence that resulted in serious injury to a flight attendant.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The flight experienced light chop while in cruise flight at FL330, and the flightcrew turned on the seatbelt sign. A few minutes later, they encountered moderate clear-air turbulence. The captain reported that there were no radar returns within 20 miles, and nothing more than green returns beyond. When the initial chop was encountered, the flight crew made an announcement over the public address system for the flight attendants to be seated. At the time of the moderate turbulence encounter, one flight attendant was entering the top crew rest bunk on the aft wall for a rest period. Her balance was not good because she did not have both feet on the ground at the time. When the airplane encountered the turbulence, she fell forward towards the wall. In response, she put her right hand out for protection. Losing her balance, she fell to the cabin floor sustaining a serious injury. The airplane did not incur any damage.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.