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Attributes | |
ACN | 335671 |
Time | |
Date | 199605 |
Day | Sun |
Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : mco |
State Reference | FL |
Altitude | msl bound lower : 11000 msl bound upper : 11000 |
Aircraft 1 | |
Controlling Facilities | tracon : mco |
Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
Flight Phase | descent other |
Route In Use | arrival other |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
Qualification | pilot : atp |
ASRS Report | 335671 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : first officer |
Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
Events | |
Anomaly | inflight encounter : weather |
Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
Supplementary | |
Primary Problem | Weather |
Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Turbulence. ATC facility, mco approach. Location: mco/296/30. At approximately 11000 ft we encountered moderate to severe turbulence. Radar was on but depicted no significant WX or turbulence. No PIREP had been issued. Seat belt sign was on and flight attendants reported all passenger in their seats. We reported turbulence to mco approach and they said the only reports received were moderate chop. After landing mco ground advised us that another aircraft after us had reported same and that mco approach was issuing PIREP. After landing flight attendants reported that all passenger and flight attendants were fine. Rest of approach and landing uneventful.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN MLG EXPERIENCED UNEXPECTED, AND BRIEF, SEVERE TURB DURING ARR DSCNT.
Narrative: TURB. ATC FACILITY, MCO APCH. LOCATION: MCO/296/30. AT APPROX 11000 FT WE ENCOUNTERED MODERATE TO SEVERE TURB. RADAR WAS ON BUT DEPICTED NO SIGNIFICANT WX OR TURB. NO PIREP HAD BEEN ISSUED. SEAT BELT SIGN WAS ON AND FLT ATTENDANTS RPTED ALL PAX IN THEIR SEATS. WE RPTED TURB TO MCO APCH AND THEY SAID THE ONLY RPTS RECEIVED WERE MODERATE CHOP. AFTER LNDG MCO GND ADVISED US THAT ANOTHER ACFT AFTER US HAD RPTED SAME AND THAT MCO APCH WAS ISSUING PIREP. AFTER LNDG FLT ATTENDANTS RPTED THAT ALL PAX AND FLT ATTENDANTS WERE FINE. REST OF APCH AND LNDG UNEVENTFUL.
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.