B757 flight crew encounters severe turbulence while en route.

Attributes
ACN	570037
Time
Date	200212
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	navaid : pie.vortac
State Reference	FL
Environment
Weather Elements	Turbulence
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zma.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	cruise : level
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	570037
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	cabin event other inflight encounter : turbulence inflight encounter : weather
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb other other : 3-4
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft Weather
Primary Problem	Weather

Narrative:

Over pie, we encountered severe turbulence. First officer turned on the seatbelt sign about 4 mins prior and made a seatbelt announcement. Flight attendant followed with another announcement. 1 passenger did not have seatbelt on. He hit the overhead with his head and rebounded onto the aisle seat armrest. The armrest broke. The man refused medical attention but would not sign the form. The aircraft was inspected at fll for severe turbulence. Flight attendant was also injured while assisting the injured passenger.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 FLC ENCOUNTERS SEVERE TURB WHILE ENRTE.

Narrative: OVER PIE, WE ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURB. FO TURNED ON THE SEATBELT SIGN ABOUT 4 MINS PRIOR AND MADE A SEATBELT ANNOUNCEMENT. FLT ATTENDANT FOLLOWED WITH ANOTHER ANNOUNCEMENT. 1 PAX DID NOT HAVE SEATBELT ON. HE HIT THE OVERHEAD WITH HIS HEAD AND REBOUNDED ONTO THE AISLE SEAT ARMREST. THE ARMREST BROKE. THE MAN REFUSED MEDICAL ATTN BUT WOULD NOT SIGN THE FORM. THE ACFT WAS INSPECTED AT FLL FOR SEVERE TURB. FLT ATTENDANT WAS ALSO INJURED WHILE ASSISTING THE INJURED PAX.

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.