N327NW

On May 09, 2013, a Airbus 320 (N327NW) was involved in an accident near Dallas, TX. The accident resulted in 1 serious injury, with 119 people uninjured out of 120 aboard.

The National Transportation Safety Board determined the probable cause of this accident to be: The flight attendant's inadvertent trip over the jumpseat that had not retracted automatically.

On May 9, 2013, about 1446 central daylight time, Delta Air Lines flight 2071, an Airbus 320-200, registration N327NW, had a flight attendant who fell and suffered a serious injury. The flight was operating under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 121 as a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Detroit, Michigan, to Dallas, Texas.According to flight attendant (FA) statements, the 1L FA did not notice that the jumpseat had not stowed automatically and she tripped and fell when she reached over the seat to disarm the main door after arrival at the gate. A follow-on medical examination revealed that the FA had received serious injuries from the fall.

This accident is documented in NTSB report DCA13CA091. AviatorDB cross-references NTSB investigation data with FAA registry records to provide comprehensive safety information for aircraft N327NW.