# NTSB Accident FTW00LA244
> **Boeing 757-223** · 2000-08-23 · GULF OF MEXICO · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** FTW00LA244
- **Event ID:** 20001212X21738
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2000-08-23
- **Location:** GULF OF MEXICO
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 13
- **Uninjured:** 54
- **Total aboard:** 68
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Boeing
- **Model:** 757-223
- **Registration:** N657AM
- **FAR Part:** 121
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** MINR
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

the flight crew's inadvertent encounter with convective turbulence while in cruise flight.  A factor was the rapidly developing convective activity.

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