Accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51 N414EA, Tuesday 28 January 1997

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Date:	Tuesday 28 January 1997
Time:	09:53 LT
Type:	McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51
Owner/operator:	Trans Word Airlines (TWA)
Registration:	N414EA
MSN:	47746/864
Year of manufacture:	1977
Total airframe hrs:	43798 hours
Engine model:	P&W JT8D-17
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 112
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	None
Category:	Accident
Location:	Cape Girardeau, MO - United States of America
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	New Orleans, LA (MSY
Destination airport:	St. Louis, MO (KSTL)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
TWA Flight 374 encountered severe clear air turbulence over Cape Girardeau at FL220 during their initial descent into St. Louis. One flight attendant received a broken clavicle and another flight attendant received bruised ribs as a result of the turbulence. The flight data recorder data showed changes in vertical acceleration between 2.5g's and -0.79g's. A SIGMET for moderate occasional severe turbulence from FL240 to FL350 was issued just after the flight took off from New Orleans, LA. TWA 374 had just been cleared to a lower altitude as it was starting to get 'bumpy' when the severe turbulence was encountered.

Probable Cause: clear air turbulence encountered by the flight.

Accident investigation: