Airbus 330 N276AY

Summary

On 5 August 2017 at about 18:35 local time, a Airbus 330 registered N276AY, operated by American Airlines, Inc, was involved in an accident near East Hampton, New York, United States. 17 people were on board and one was seriously injured, 10 had minor injuries. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

5 August 2017 at 18:35

Classification

Accident

Location

East Hampton, New York, United States

Coordinates

41.0186, -71.6917

Aircraft

Airbus 330

Registration

N276AY

Category

Airplane

Year built

2001

Engines

2

Operator

American Airlines, Inc

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Athens → Philadelphia

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DCA17LA173

1 person was seriously injured.

an inadvertent encounter with convective turbulence.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

On August 5, 2017, at 1435 eastern daylight time, an Airbus 330, N276AY, operated by American Airlines as flight 759 encountered turbulence at 28,000 feet about 25 miles east of East Hampton, NY.  One flight attendant suffered a broken arm and there were 10 minor injuries among the passengers and flight attendants.  The airplane was not damaged.  The flight was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from Athens, Greece, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PHL). According to the operator, the flight passed very close to a small, but rapidly developing convective cell with tops near FL300. A steady increase in lightning reports was noted immediately after encountering the cell. The cell was most likely dominated by updrafts at the time of the encounter and dissipated 30 minutes after the report. Other isolated to scattered areas of convection were developing along a cold front over Eastern Long Island at the time. ATC radar depicted an area of moderate to extreme precipitation returns along the airplane's route of flight.  ATC did not advise the flight crew of the returns until after the crew reported the turbulence encounter. The flight crew reported that the seat belt sign was on at the time of the turbulence.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.