Flight crew encounters severe turbulence.

Attributes
ACN	308338
Time
Date	199506
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : maf
State Reference	TX
Altitude	msl bound lower : 21000 msl bound upper : 21000
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zfw
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	ATR 72
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	308338
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter : weather other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : exited adverse environment
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Encountered severe turbulence en route. Flight attendants were in the process of getting strapped in when turbulence hit. Passenger were strapped in. A lady holding a lap baby was banged up a bit when the lap baby's foot inadvertently released the seat belt and they went flying through the cabin. Mother and baby ok but shaken up (bruises, etc). A copy of the rough draft of my report to the company is attached. This report is far more detailed than the edited report that was actually turned into the company. The lawyers made me shorten my report considerably! But my unedited version, which is attached, is the truth and is exactly what happened. (No, I didn't lie to the company. Union simply told me to leave out details, ok, whatever. This is what happened. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following: the reporter stated he was flying an ATR 72. He saw other aircraft and heard other aircraft in the vicinity on the party line. None mentioned severe turbulence. He was encountering light snow from time to time but no heavy precipitation. He could occasionally see high buildups around and told the passenger to be seated. Shortly thereafter he encountered about 15 seconds of severe turbulence not accompanied by any precipitation to speak of.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC ENCOUNTERS SEVERE TURB.

Narrative: ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURB ENRTE. FLT ATTENDANTS WERE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING STRAPPED IN WHEN TURB HIT. PAX WERE STRAPPED IN. A LADY HOLDING A LAP BABY WAS BANGED UP A BIT WHEN THE LAP BABY'S FOOT INADVERTENTLY RELEASED THE SEAT BELT AND THEY WENT FLYING THROUGH THE CABIN. MOTHER AND BABY OK BUT SHAKEN UP (BRUISES, ETC). A COPY OF THE ROUGH DRAFT OF MY RPT TO THE COMPANY IS ATTACHED. THIS RPT IS FAR MORE DETAILED THAN THE EDITED RPT THAT WAS ACTUALLY TURNED INTO THE COMPANY. THE LAWYERS MADE ME SHORTEN MY RPT CONSIDERABLY! BUT MY UNEDITED VERSION, WHICH IS ATTACHED, IS THE TRUTH AND IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. (NO, I DIDN'T LIE TO THE COMPANY. UNION SIMPLY TOLD ME TO LEAVE OUT DETAILS, OK, WHATEVER. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH REPORTER REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: THE RPTR STATED HE WAS FLYING AN ATR 72. HE SAW OTHER ACFT AND HEARD OTHER ACFT IN THE VICINITY ON THE PARTY LINE. NONE MENTIONED SEVERE TURB. HE WAS ENCOUNTERING LIGHT SNOW FROM TIME TO TIME BUT NO HVY PRECIPITATION. HE COULD OCCASIONALLY SEE HIGH BUILDUPS AROUND AND TOLD THE PAX TO BE SEATED. SHORTLY THEREAFTER HE ENCOUNTERED ABOUT 15 SECONDS OF SEVERE TURB NOT ACCOMPANIED BY ANY PRECIPITATION TO SPEAK OF.

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.