# NTSB Accident NYC02LA065
> **Boeing 737-724** · 2002-02-20 · Beaumont, TX, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** NYC02LA065
- **Event ID:** 20020306X00308
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2002-02-20
- **Location:** Beaumont, TX, USA
- **Coordinates:** 30.070278, -94.214996
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 74
- **Total aboard:** 75
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Boeing
- **Model:** 737-724
- **Registration:** N24736
- **FAR Part:** 121
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** —
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

An inadvertent encounter with convective induced turbulence, which injured a flight attendant.  Factors were the failure of the airline to supply direction to the flight crew to indicate when the flight attendants could begin cabin service, and the convective induced turbulence.

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