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Flight attendant report, B767, jfk-san, clear air turbulence. Flight attendant injured by passenger seat belt hitting her nose.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 447607 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199908 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zla.artcc |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Weather Elements | Turbulence |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zla.artcc tower : lbb.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Qualification | flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 5 |
| Experience | flight attendant time airline total : 0.01 flight attendant time total : 0.01 |
| ASRS Report | 447607 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | observation : passenger |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | cabin event other inflight encounter : turbulence |
| Independent Detector | other other : cab #1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Environmental Factor Passenger Human Performance Company Aircraft Cabin Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Ambiguous |
Narrative:
The above information is vague because it happened over a month ago. My nose seems fine. There was turbulence, and I was putting a seat belt on a sleeping child. The seat belt was caught in the armrest, which was raised, and when I pulled the seat belt out, the armrest pulled down with the tug of the belt and came down, squarely on the left side of my nose. Nothing could have avoided it. It was just one of those things. The fault of no one. My nose did not bleed, it just swelled. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter said her nose was fine now.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLT ATTENDANT RPT, B767, JFK-SAN, CLR AIR TURB. FLT ATTENDANT INJURED BY PAX SEAT BELT HITTING HER NOSE.
Narrative: THE ABOVE INFO IS VAGUE BECAUSE IT HAPPENED OVER A MONTH AGO. MY NOSE SEEMS FINE. THERE WAS TURB, AND I WAS PUTTING A SEAT BELT ON A SLEEPING CHILD. THE SEAT BELT WAS CAUGHT IN THE ARMREST, WHICH WAS RAISED, AND WHEN I PULLED THE SEAT BELT OUT, THE ARMREST PULLED DOWN WITH THE TUG OF THE BELT AND CAME DOWN, SQUARELY ON THE L SIDE OF MY NOSE. NOTHING COULD HAVE AVOIDED IT. IT WAS JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS. THE FAULT OF NO ONE. MY NOSE DID NOT BLEED, IT JUST SWELLED. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR SAID HER NOSE WAS FINE NOW.
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.