# NTSB Accident LAX03LA181
> **Airbus Industrie A320-321** · 2003-06-05 · Payson, AZ, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX03LA181
- **Event ID:** 20030624X00945
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2003-06-05
- **Location:** Payson, AZ, USA
- **Coordinates:** 34.26139, -111.34333
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 139
- **Total aboard:** 140
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Airbus Industrie
- **Model:** A320-321
- **Registration:** N644AW
- **FAR Part:** 121
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** —
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The flight's encounter with convectively induced turbulence associated with developing thunderstorms while the flight crew attempted to deviate around an area of adverse weather.  The turbulence event occurred while the crew was attempting to maneuver around the identified primary buildup, and a secondary system that was partially masked by the primary cell visually and on radar was encountered.

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