<< >> NASA ASRS Report 384372, October 1997

Cabin attendant on an MD80 was injured due to severe turbulence. Captain had put on seat belt sign and announced possible turbulence. Cabin attendant injured had been seated during turbulence and then got up and continued duties during descent when severe turbulence caused him to become airborne and then a subsequent fall into service cart and galley bulkhead. Paramedics were requested to meet aircraft on landing.

Attributes
ACN	384372
Time
Date	199710
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : amg
State Reference	GA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 35000 msl bound upper : 37000
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zjx
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Super 80
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise other descent other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	other other : other
ASRS Report	384372
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter : weather other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency none taken : unable other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Weather

Narrative:

Approximately 25-30 mins before landing in mco, the captain turned seat belt sign on and said we would be experiencing moderate turbulence due to a cold front over the area. Turbulence began to increase and after checking seat belts and picking up trash in cabin, I, flight attendant #4, had returned to my jump seat and buckled in. Flight attendant #2 had remained seated upon front jump seat. When turbulence seemed to decrease he came back to aft galley and began to close galley up when we hit severe turbulence, in which he was thrown up off floor and came down, lost balance and hit cart and corner of wall and then fell hard to floor with a loud thump. He laid there until I came back and helped him off floor and get to jump seat, where he remained through flight. Captain was notified of incidence and he felt best for paramedics to meet flight and flight attendant was reporting pain in lower back.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CABIN ATTENDANT ON AN MD80 WAS INJURED DUE TO SEVERE TURB. CAPT HAD PUT ON SEAT BELT SIGN AND ANNOUNCED POSSIBLE TURB. CABIN ATTENDANT INJURED HAD BEEN SEATED DURING TURB AND THEN GOT UP AND CONTINUED DUTIES DURING DSCNT WHEN SEVERE TURB CAUSED HIM TO BECOME AIRBORNE AND THEN A SUBSEQUENT FALL INTO SVC CART AND GALLEY BULKHEAD. PARAMEDICS WERE REQUESTED TO MEET ACFT ON LNDG.

Narrative: APPROX 25-30 MINS BEFORE LNDG IN MCO, THE CAPT TURNED SEAT BELT SIGN ON AND SAID WE WOULD BE EXPERIENCING MODERATE TURB DUE TO A COLD FRONT OVER THE AREA. TURB BEGAN TO INCREASE AND AFTER CHKING SEAT BELTS AND PICKING UP TRASH IN CABIN, I, FLT ATTENDANT #4, HAD RETURNED TO MY JUMP SEAT AND BUCKLED IN. FLT ATTENDANT #2 HAD REMAINED SEATED UPON FRONT JUMP SEAT. WHEN TURB SEEMED TO DECREASE HE CAME BACK TO AFT GALLEY AND BEGAN TO CLOSE GALLEY UP WHEN WE HIT SEVERE TURB, IN WHICH HE WAS THROWN UP OFF FLOOR AND CAME DOWN, LOST BAL AND HIT CART AND CORNER OF WALL AND THEN FELL HARD TO FLOOR WITH A LOUD THUMP. HE LAID THERE UNTIL I CAME BACK AND HELPED HIM OFF FLOOR AND GET TO JUMP SEAT, WHERE HE REMAINED THROUGH FLT. CAPT WAS NOTIFIED OF INCIDENCE AND HE FELT BEST FOR PARAMEDICS TO MEET FLT AND FLT ATTENDANT WAS RPTING PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.