Boeing 737-700 N793SA

Summary

On 17 September 2006 at about 01:30 local time, a Boeing 737-700 registered N793SA was involved in an accident near Hastings, Nebraska, United States. 142 people were on board and one was seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

17 September 2006 at 01:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Hastings, Nebraska, United States

Coordinates

40.5861, -98.3883

Aircraft

Boeing 737-700

Registration

N793SA

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Las Vegas → Albany

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC06LA223

1 person was seriously injured.

The airplane's in flight encounter with thunderstorm related turbulence.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane was in cruise flight at 37,000 feet, and was approaching an area of thunderstorm activity. The seat belt sign was on, and the flight attendants were asked to return to their seats. The flight crew responded to a traffic collision alert by descending, and making a right turn, and then attempted to fly the best route through the weather; however, the airplane encountered moderate turbulence for about 30 seconds, and two flight attendants were injured, one seriously. The flight continued to its destination airport, and landed without further incident. Data from the airplane's flight data recorder indicated that the upset was consistent with the airplane's encounter with turbulence.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.