Airbus A321 N994AN
26 September 2018 · Dallas, Texas, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 26 September 2018 at about 17:00 local time, a Airbus A321 registered N994AN, operated by American Airlines Inc, was involved in an accident near Dallas, Texas, United States. 186 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 17:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Dallas, Texas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Dallas-Fort Worth Intl (DFW)
- Coordinates
- 32.5439, -97.0219
- Aircraft
- Airbus A321
- Registration
- N994AN
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 2016
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- American Airlines Inc
- Operating rule
- Part 121: Air Carrier
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- DFW Airport → Sacramento
- Aircraft damage
- Not recorded
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- DCA18CA294
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 186 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 185 |
Probable cause
a passenger leaving a bag in the aisle that the flight attendant tripped over.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
On September 26, 2018, at about 1200 CDT, American Airlines flight 2308, an Airbus A321, N994AN, was still at the gate at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, when a flight attendant tripped over a bag and injured her ankle. Of the 186 passengers and crew onboard, one flight attendant received a serious injury. The flight was scheduled to operate under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121 as a domestic passenger flight from DFW to Sacramento International Airport (SMF), Sacramento, California. The injury occurred after the main cabin door had been closed but before the airplane had been pushed back. The injured flight attendant was unable to walk and was assisted off the airplane after the jet bridge was repositioned. The fight attendant was transported to an local urgent care facility where she was diagnosed with a broken ankle.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Airbus A321 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Aug 2018 | Airbus A321-271N | Tapachula, Mexico | Consecionaria Vuela Compania de Aviacion | Unknown | - |
| 13 Aug 2018 | Airbus A321-271N | Los Angeles, California, United States | Hawaiian Airlines Inc | No injuries | - |
| 23 Jun 2017 | Airbus A321 | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | Delta Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 8 Aug 2019 | Airbus A321 | Orlando, Florida, United States | Frontier Airlines | No injuries | - |
| 22 Jul 2019 | Airbus A321 | London, United Kingdom | - | Unknown | - |
| 20 Feb 2017 | Airbus A321 | Cancun, Mexico | American Airlines | Unknown | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Apr 2018 | Piper PA 24 | New Braunfels, Texas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 15 Jul 2018 | Kolb TWINSTAR | La Porte, Texas, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 15 Apr 2018 | Wittman W10 | San Antonio, Texas, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 16 Apr 2018 | Bordiuk CHALLENGER II | Friona, Texas, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 5 Oct 2018 | Beechcraft 55 | San Antonio, Texas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 14 Jul 2018 | Steen SKYBOLT | Lexington, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |