Passenger injury resulting from flight into moderate to severe turbulence.

Attributes
ACN	284569
Time
Date	199409
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : sbi
State Reference	TX
Altitude	msl bound lower : 33000 msl bound upper : 33000
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zhu tower : lga
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 3500
ASRS Report	284569
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter : weather other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	flight crew : regained aircraft control
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Weather
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

FL330 en route gua-iah, approximately 250 mi sse sbi in mixed IFR/VFR conditions (no echoes on radar). Encountered moderate to severe turbulence. Some passenger injured. Seat belt sign was on at time of encounter. No structural damage to aircraft. Company was notified and aircraft met by appropriate medical personnel.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PAX INJURY RESULTING FROM FLT INTO MODERATE TO SEVERE TURB.

Narrative: FL330 ENRTE GUA-IAH, APPROX 250 MI SSE SBI IN MIXED IFR/VFR CONDITIONS (NO ECHOES ON RADAR). ENCOUNTERED MODERATE TO SEVERE TURB. SOME PAX INJURED. SEAT BELT SIGN WAS ON AT TIME OF ENCOUNTER. NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO ACFT. COMPANY WAS NOTIFIED AND ACFT MET BY APPROPRIATE MEDICAL PERSONNEL.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.