Boeing 757-223 N657AM

Summary

On 23 August 2000 at about 19:57 local time, a Boeing 757-223 registered N657AM was involved in an accident near Gulf of Mexico. 68 people were on board and one was seriously injured, 13 had minor injuries. The aircraft was slightly damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

23 August 2000 at 19:57

Classification

Accident

Location

Gulf of Mexico

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing 757-223

Registration

N657AM

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Dallas/Ft Worth → San Juan

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW00LA244

1 person was seriously injured.

the flight crew's inadvertent encounter with convective turbulence while in cruise flight. A factor was the rapidly developing convective activity.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

During cruise flight at 37,000 feet over the Gulf of Mexico, the scheduled international passenger flight encountered severe turbulence after inadvertently penetrating rapidly developing convective formations. One of the flight attendants was seriously injured. When the turbulence encounter occurred, the flight crew was attempting to deviate around cloud formations. The flight crew reported that the seat belt sign was illuminated prior to the turbulence encounter and that the captain made an announcement to the passengers reminding them to remain seated with their seatbelts secured. It is unknown whether the flight attendant was seated or standing, or where she was positioned at the time of the event. Following the turbulence encounter, the flight diverted to a nearby airport and landed without further incident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.