Dispatch report regarding air carrier encounter with clear air turbulence when leveling at FL330. Some passenger injuries. No previous indication of turbulence.

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Attributes
ACN	387515
Time
Date	199711
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : irq
State Reference	GA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 33000 msl bound upper : 33000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : ztl
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel
Qualification	other
Experience	controller radar : 10
ASRS Report	387515
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time other
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Weather
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Possible clear air turbulence produced severe turbulence leveling off at FL330. No earlier reports of turbulence. 3 passenger with minor injuries. Captain ACARS'ed an electronic downlink describing the event. Although there were some widely scattered, low level (FL200 -- tops) thunderstorms, they were west of course according to captain. Captain saw nothing on airborne radar. Captain elected to continue on to destination (dtw) since injuries were minor according to cabin crew.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DISPATCH RPT REGARDING ACR ENCOUNTER WITH CLR AIR TURB WHEN LEVELING AT FL330. SOME PAX INJURIES. NO PREVIOUS INDICATION OF TURB.

Narrative: POSSIBLE CLR AIR TURB PRODUCED SEVERE TURB LEVELING OFF AT FL330. NO EARLIER RPTS OF TURB. 3 PAX WITH MINOR INJURIES. CAPT ACARS'ED AN ELECTRONIC DOWNLINK DESCRIBING THE EVENT. ALTHOUGH THERE WERE SOME WIDELY SCATTERED, LOW LEVEL (FL200 -- TOPS) TSTMS, THEY WERE W OF COURSE ACCORDING TO CAPT. CAPT SAW NOTHING ON AIRBORNE RADAR. CAPT ELECTED TO CONTINUE ON TO DEST (DTW) SINCE INJURIES WERE MINOR ACCORDING TO CABIN CREW.

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.