Accident Boeing 737-3T0 N60312, Friday 19 May 1995

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Date:	Friday 19 May 1995
Time:	13:55 LT
Type:	Boeing 737-3T0
Owner/operator:	Continental Airlines
Registration:	N60312
MSN:	23363/1153
Year of manufacture:	1985
Total airframe hrs:	31169 hours
Engine model:	CFMI CFM56-3B1
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 95
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	None
Category:	Accident
Location:	Tallahassee, FL - United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Unknown
Departure airport:	Cleveland, OH (KCLE)
Destination airport:	Tampa, FL (KTPA)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATING IN AN AREA OF LIGHT RADAR RETURNS. THE SEATBELT SIGN WAS ON AND PASSENGERS WERE INSTRUCTED TO REMAIN SEATED WITH THEIR SEATBELTS FASTENED. A PASSENGER LEFT HER SEAT AND WALKED TOWARD THE LAVATORY. THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A DOWNDRAFT WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO LOSE 400 FEET OF ALTITUDE. THE PASSENGER BROKE HER RIGHT ANKLE DURING THE ENCOUNTER.

Probable Cause: THE FAILURE OF A PASSENGER TO COMPLY WITH FLIGHT CREW INSTRUCTIONS TO REMAIN SEATED WITH HER SEAT BELT FASTENED WHICH RESULTED IN HER BEING INJURED WHILE WALKING IN THE AISLE DURING A TURBULENCE ENCOUNTER.

Accident investigation: