Boeing 767-200 N308AA

Summary

On 24 March 1988 at about 16:20 local time, a Boeing 767-200 registered N308AA, operated by American Airlines, was involved in an incident near Cimarron, New Mexico, United States. 211 people were on board and 3 had minor injuries. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

24 March 1988 at 16:20

Classification

Incident

Location

Cimarron, New Mexico, United States

Coordinates

35.1298, -106.7493

Aircraft

Boeing 767-200

Registration

N308AA

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

American Airlines

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Phoenix → Chicago

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI88IA081

3 people had minor injuries.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

WHILE IN NORMAL CRUISE FLIGHT AT FL 370, THE FLT CREW WAS ADVISED BY ARTCC PERSONNEL THAT OTHER AIRCRAFT WERE EXPERIENCING OCCASIONAL SEVERE TURBULENCE AT FL 370 ALONG THEIR ROUTE OF FLIGHT. A DESCENT WAS MADE TO FL 330 TO AVOID TURBULENCE. LATER, AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS CRUISING AT FL 330 WITH THE SEAT BELT SIGN OFF, IT ENCOUNTERED 'SEVERE CHOP WITH SEVERE TURBULENCE, IN CLEAR AIR.' ONE FLIGHT ATTENDANT AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE INJURED DURING THE TURBULENCE ENCOUNTER. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO ITS DESTINATION WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.