Airbus A319-100 N319NB
11 March 2010 · Titusville, Florida, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 11 March 2010 at about 15:20 local time, a Airbus A319-100 registered N319NB, operated by Delta Air Lines Inc, was involved in an accident near Titusville, Florida, United States. 117 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 15:20
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Titusville, Florida, United States
- Coordinates
- 28.5147, -80.7992
- Aircraft
- Airbus A319-100
- Registration
- N319NB
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Delta Air Lines Inc
- Operating rule
- Part 121: Air Carrier
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- New York → West Palm Beach
- Aircraft damage
- Not recorded
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ERA10CA174
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 117 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 114 |
Probable cause
An inadvertent in-flight encounter with turbulence, resulting in an injury to a cabin attendant.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The air carrier flight had been experiencing light, occasionally moderate, turbulence throughout the flight. The captain had asked the flight attendants to secure the cabin earlier than usual, while they were in light turbulence, because the conditions were not expected to improve before arrival at the destination airport. The airplane was at flight level 240, when the flight attendants began the final preparation for landing. During that time, with no echoes depicted on the weather radar, the airplane experienced unexpected severe turbulence for 1 to 2 seconds. The maximum g recorded was 1.773 and the minimum g recorded was 0.391. All three flight attendants were standing at the time, preparing the cabin, when they were jolted upward and then fell to the floor. Two of the flight attendants sustained minor injuries, while one flight attendant was seriously injured. The airplane was not damaged and landed uneventfully at the destination airport.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Airbus A319 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Jan 2010 | Airbus A319-131 | Newark, New Jersey, United States | United Air Lines Inc | Minor injuries | - |
| 21 May 2010 | Airbus A319-132 | Anchorage, Alaska, United States | USAirways Inc | No injuries | - |
| 24 Sep 2010 | Airbus A319-132 | Palermo (Sicily), Italy | Wind Jet SpA | Minor injuries | - |
| 17 Sep 2009 | Airbus A319 | Copenhagen, Denmark, Denmark | British Airways | Unknown | - |
| 9 May 2011 | Airbus A319 | Chillicothe, Missouri, United States | United Airlines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 22 Sep 2011 | Airbus A319 | Hassi Messaoud, Algeria | Air France | Unknown | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Oct 2010 | Long EZ | Leesburg, Florida, United States | Allen Dunlap | Minor injuries | - |
| 31 Aug 2010 | Aero Commander 560E | Jacksonville, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 13 Oct 2010 | Mooney M20E | New Smyrna Beach, Florida, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 28 Apr 2010 | Cessna 152 | Cross City, Florida, United States | Pelican FTC | No injuries | - |
| 1 May 2010 | Interstate S1A | Lakeland, Florida, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 11 Mar 2010 | Hughes 369 | Naples, Florida, United States | Collier Mosquito Control District | No injuries | - |