Boeing 767 N584HA
3 December 2010 · Pago Pago, American Samoa · Serious injuries
Summary
On 3 December 2010 at about 10:42 local time, a Boeing 767 registered N584HA, operated by International Lease Finance Corp, was involved in an accident near Pago Pago, American Samoa. 184 people were on board and one was seriously injured, 2 had minor injuries. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 10:42
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Pago Pago, American Samoa
- Nearest airport
- Tafuna/Pago Pago Internl Airpo (STU)
- Coordinates
- -14.3314, -170.7114
- Aircraft
- Boeing 767
- Registration
- N584HA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- International Lease Finance Corp
- Operating rule
- Part 121: Air Carrier
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- American Samoa → Honolulu
- Aircraft damage
- Not recorded
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night
- NTSB number
- WPR11LA071
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 184 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 181 |
Probable cause
The airplane’s encounter with convectively-induced turbulence, which resulted in serious injury to one flight attendant.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
Shortly after departure, the airplane experienced what the captain described as three or four “jolts” of moderate turbulence. The captain reported clear skies with thunderstorms in the area. The seatbelt sign was illuminated in the cabin, and the passengers were in their seat. One flight attendant, who was in the aft cabin preparing a beverage cart, sustained serious injuries. The airplane continued to climb and the remainder of the flight was uneventful. The flight data recorder recorded vertical and lateral accelerations consistent with a turbulence encounter. According to the FDR, the disturbance lasted less than 10 seconds, and there was a change in wind speed and direction evident around that time period. Although no convective activity was noted at the accident location at the accident time, satellite imagery identified convective activity in the region. The airplane was ascending near a boundary defined by a significant decrease in atmospheric moisture. This type of boundary is conducive to the propagation of gravity waves and most likely contributed to the convectively-induced turbulence that the airplane encountered.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Boeing 767 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Jun 2010 | Boeing 767 | Athens, Greece | Delta Air Lines Inc | No injuries | - |
| 17 Aug 2010 | Boeing 767 | Dulles, Virginia, United States | British Airways | Serious injuries | - |
| 30 Apr 2010 | Boeing 767 | Fort Dodge, Iowa, United States | American Airlines | Serious injuries | - |
| 4 Aug 2010 | Boeing 767-322 | Chicago, Illinois, United States | United | Minor injuries | - |
| 12 Nov 2010 | Boeing 767 | Perth, Australia, Australia | Qantas Airways Limited | Unknown | - |
| 13 Apr 2010 | Boeing 767-323 | Keflavik, Iceland | American Airlines Inc | Minor injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Nov 2009 | Pilatus Britten-Norman BN-2B-26 | Pago Pago, American Samoa | Inter Island Airways, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 22 Jul 2014 | Beechcraft A36 | Pago Pago, American Samoa | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 23 Apr 2016 | Boeing 737 | Apia, American Samoa | - | Unknown | - |
| 28 Apr 1993 | Bell 47-G2 | American Samoa | San Diego Fisheries | No injuries | - |
| 20 Sep 1991 | Piper PA-60-602P | Pago Pago, American Samoa | Apollo Air P/L | Minor injuries | - |
| 22 Mar 1991 | De Havilland DHC6-300 | Nuuuli, American Samoa | Polynesian Airlines | Unknown | - |