Airbus 320 N327NW

Summary

On 9 May 2013 at about 19:46 local time, a Airbus 320 registered N327NW, operated by Delta Air Lines, was involved in an accident near Dallas, Texas, United States. 120 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.

Date

9 May 2013 at 19:46

Classification

Accident

Location

Dallas, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)

Coordinates

32.8967, -97.0369

Aircraft

Airbus 320

Registration

N327NW

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Delta Air Lines

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Detroit → Dallas

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DCA13CA091

1 person was seriously injured.

The flight attendant's inadvertent trip over the jumpseat that had not retracted automatically.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

On May 9, 2013, about 1446 central daylight time, Delta Air Lines flight 2071, an Airbus 320-200, registration N327NW, had a flight attendant who fell and suffered a serious injury. The flight was operating under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 121 as a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Detroit, Michigan, to Dallas, Texas.According to flight attendant (FA) statements, the 1L FA did not notice that the jumpseat had not stowed automatically and she tripped and fell when she reached over the seat to disarm the main door after arrival at the gate. A follow-on medical examination revealed that the FA had received serious injuries from the fall.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.