Aerospatiale ATR 72-212 N407AT

Summary

On 28 April 2007 at about 12:06 local time, a Aerospatiale ATR 72-212 registered N407AT was involved in an accident near San Juan, United States. 53 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

28 April 2007 at 12:06

Classification

Accident

Location

San Juan, United States

Coordinates

18.4333, -66.0000

Aircraft

Aerospatiale ATR 72-212

Registration

N407AT

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Nevis Island → San Juan

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA07LA086

1 person was seriously injured.

In-flight encounter with turbulence that resulted in injuries to a flight attendant and a passenger.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The Captain made the announcement to prepare for the approach to land at San Juan, Puerto Rico, he alerted the flight attendants of the possibility of encountering turbulence, and asked that everyone remain seated. After initiated the descent the airplane entered a broken layer of clouds, encountering light turbulence, followed by a momentary "jolt" of turbulence. As the airplane encountered the momentary "jolt", both flight attendants who were walking to their seats, and one passenger, who had been in the lavatory, were thrown and received injuries. Both the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder were sent to the NTSB's Recorder Laboratory for readout, and when examined was found to contain information related to the turbulence event. The information showed that the Captain had both provided verbal warning of potential turbulence and had activated the fasten seatbelt sign well in advance of the turbulence event.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.