Accident Embraer EMB-140LR N816AE, Tuesday 27 May 2008

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Date:	Tuesday 27 May 2008
Time:	10:00 LT
Type:	Embraer EMB-140LR
Owner/operator:	American Airlines
Registration:	N816AE
MSN:	145552
Engine model:	Rolls Royce AE 3007A
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 25
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	None
Category:	Accident
Location:	Dallas, TX - United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Unknown
Departure airport:	Springfield-Branson National Airport, MO (SGF/KSGF)
Destination airport:	Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, TX (DFW/KDFW)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
According to the flight crew the flight was carried out in smooth air for most of the way to Dallas. When the flight reached a point about 40 nm west of Bowie VOR, at 17,000 feet altitude, and as the airplane overflew a small cloud, the airplane was abruptly jolted by turbulence. The autopilot disconnected and was immediately reactivated by the flight crew. During the turbulence encounter, an elderly female passenger fell to the floor near the lavatory and suffered a broken ankle.

Probable Cause: The flight's inadvertent encounter with turbulence.

Accident investigation: