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Date: | Monday 16 March 1987 |
Time: | 19:00 LT |
Type: | Boeing 737-3H4 |
Owner/operator: | Southwest Airlines |
Registration: | N314SW |
MSN: | 23336/1229 |
Year of manufacture: | 1986 |
Total airframe hrs: | 2866 hours |
Engine model: | GE CFM-56-3-B1 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 59 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Midland, TX -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Dallas-Love Field, TX (DAL/KDAL) |
Destination airport: | Midland, TX (KMAF) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:WHILE PENETRATING A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AT 35,000 EN ROUTE TO MIDLAND, TX, FROM DALLAS, TX, SEVERE TURBULENCE WAS ENCOUNTERED. ONE FLIGHT ATTENDANT HAD JUST SAT DOWN BUT HAD NOT FASTENED HIS SEAT BELT AND WAS THROWN TO THE FLOOR SUSTAINING SERIOUS INJURIES.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | FTW87LA082 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year 1 month |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB FTW87LA082
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