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Attributes | |
ACN | 478351 |
Time | |
Date | 200006 |
Day | Mon |
Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | intersection : larks |
State Reference | CO |
Altitude | msl bound lower : 20000 msl single value : 20000 |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Weather Elements | Turbulence |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Controlling Facilities | artcc : zdv.artcc |
Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
Navigation In Use | Other |
Flight Phase | descent : approach |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : first officer |
Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : private pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : atp |
Experience | flight time last 90 days : 140 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 1000 |
ASRS Report | 478351 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
Qualification | pilot : atp |
Events | |
Anomaly | cabin event other inflight encounter : turbulence |
Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
Consequence | other |
Supplementary | |
Problem Areas | Weather |
Primary Problem | Weather |
Narrative:
Flight was the second leg of a round robin from denver. Prior to descent, we received notification from ZDV of an airplane reporting light to moderate turbulence. The captain advised flight attendants to clean up early and take their seats. Approximately FL200, we encountered moderate turbulence. 1 flight attendant fell and hit her head and tail bone. Another injured her knee. Neither one wanted medical assistance at the aircraft. An in-flight supervisor met the airplane at the gate. Both flight attendants decided to have a medical examination after leaving the aircraft. Previous flight with same crew (flight attendants and first officer's) over/near same route only experienced light turbulence. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated that they were flying a B757. The trip was from denver to albuquerque and back to denver. Going down to albuquerque, they experienced only the light turbulence, and it was on the return to denver in the same place that they experienced moderate turbulence. He does not know the extent of the flight attendant's injuries, except that they all walked off the airplane.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT RPT, B757, ABQ-DEN. MODERATE TURB ON DSCNT INTO DENVER. 2 CABIN ATTENDANTS INJURED. WENT TO MEDICAL FACILITY TO BE CHKED OUT.
Narrative: FLT WAS THE SECOND LEG OF A ROUND ROBIN FROM DENVER. PRIOR TO DSCNT, WE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM ZDV OF AN AIRPLANE RPTING LIGHT TO MODERATE TURB. THE CAPT ADVISED FLT ATTENDANTS TO CLEAN UP EARLY AND TAKE THEIR SEATS. APPROX FL200, WE ENCOUNTERED MODERATE TURB. 1 FLT ATTENDANT FELL AND HIT HER HEAD AND TAIL BONE. ANOTHER INJURED HER KNEE. NEITHER ONE WANTED MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AT THE ACFT. AN INFLT SUPVR MET THE AIRPLANE AT THE GATE. BOTH FLT ATTENDANTS DECIDED TO HAVE A MEDICAL EXAMINATION AFTER LEAVING THE ACFT. PREVIOUS FLT WITH SAME CREW (FLT ATTENDANTS AND FO'S) OVER/NEAR SAME RTE ONLY EXPERIENCED LIGHT TURB. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THAT THEY WERE FLYING A B757. THE TRIP WAS FROM DENVER TO ALBUQUERQUE AND BACK TO DENVER. GOING DOWN TO ALBUQUERQUE, THEY EXPERIENCED ONLY THE LIGHT TURB, AND IT WAS ON THE RETURN TO DENVER IN THE SAME PLACE THAT THEY EXPERIENCED MODERATE TURB. HE DOES NOT KNOW THE EXTENT OF THE FLT ATTENDANT'S INJURIES, EXCEPT THAT THEY ALL WALKED OFF THE AIRPLANE.
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.