Accident Boeing 757-232 N618DL, Tuesday 6 January 1998

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Date:	Tuesday 6 January 1998
Time:	20:15 LT
Type:	Boeing 757-232
Owner/operator:	Delta Air Lines
Registration:	N618DL
MSN:	22908/95
Year of manufacture:	1986
Total airframe hrs:	38719 hours
Engine model:	P&W 2037
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 189
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	None
Category:	Accident
Location:	Orlando, FL - United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Atlanta-William B. Hartsfield International Airport, GA (ATL/KATL)
Destination airport:	(KMCO)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The flight encountered moderate turbulence, while in cruise flight. During the encounter, a coffee pot fell from a serving cart into the lap of a passenger. The top came off the pot, and hot coffee spilled on the passenger, causing injury.

Probable Cause: inadvertent encounter with turbulence, which resulted spillage of hot coffee in a passenger's lap.

Accident investigation: