Accident Fokker 100 N1400H, Wednesday 13 May 1998

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Date:	Wednesday 13 May 1998
Time:	09:39 LT
Type:	Fokker 100
Owner/operator:	American Airlines
Registration:	N1400H
MSN:	11340
Year of manufacture:	1991
Total airframe hrs:	14827 hours
Engine model:	Rolls-Royce Tay 650-15
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 39
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	None
Category:	Accident
Location:	Ft. Wayne, IN - United States of America
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Washington, DC (DCA
Destination airport:	Chicago, IL (KORD)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The #1 flight attendant suffered a fractured ankle when she got up from a passenger seat to answer the interphone during moderate turbulence. The captain reported they encountered moderate turbulence while deviating around a small cell. The seat belt sign was turned on at the time of the encounter. Two SIGMETs were in effect at the time which had outlooks covering the area of the encounter. Both of the outlooks were calling for diminishing thunderstorm activity in the area.

Probable Cause: In-flight encounter with turbulence.

Accident investigation: