Boeing 737-7H4 N247WN
20 March 2012 · Laverne, Oklahoma, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 20 March 2012 at about 13:30 local time, a Boeing 737-7H4 registered N247WN, operated by Southwest Airlines Co, was involved in an accident near Laverne, Oklahoma, United States. 142 people were on board and one was seriously injured. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 13:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Laverne, Oklahoma, United States
- Nearest airport
- West Woodward Airport (WWR)
- Coordinates
- 36.7005, -99.8892
- Aircraft
- Boeing 737-7H4
- Registration
- N247WN
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Southwest Airlines Co
- Operating rule
- Part 121: Air Carrier
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Tampa → Phoenix
- Aircraft damage
- Not recorded
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- WPR12LA144
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 142 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 141 |
Probable cause
The airplane’s encounter with severe turbulence during cruise flight, which resulted in a serious injury to a flight attendant.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The flight had been experiencing moderate turbulence along its route. Once the turbulence had subsided, the seatbelt sign was turned off. The flight attendants had resumed their service when the flight encountered three additional turbulence jolts. The aft galley flight attendant was trying to get seated and strapped into the jumpseat but was injured when another turbulence jolt occurred. She was thrown across the galley and hit her back/ribs on an object. Flight data recorder information showed that vertical accelerations fluctuated between about 0.75 g and 1.2 g; lateral accelerations also fluctuated during this period, between about +/- 0.05 g. An airmen’s meteorological information advisory for moderate turbulence was active for the accident location at the time. A significant meteorological information advisory for occasional severe turbulence was active for an area west of the accident location.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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