# NTSB investigations: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series: Turbulence encounter

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB DCA19CA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA19CA208.md): Mcdonnell Douglas MD88 · Chicago, IL · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 27, 2019 · N911DL · No damage
  > an encounter with convective turbulence during descent.
- [NTSB DCA18CA251](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA18CA251.md): Mcdonnell Douglas MD88 · Charlotte, NC · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report · Jul 23, 2018 · N918DE · No damage
  > An inadvertent encounter with convective turbulence.
- [NTSB DCA17CA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA17CA079.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC 9 83(MD-83) · Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW), TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Mar 10, 2017 · N9615W · Minor damage
  > an inadvertent encounter with convective turbulence.
- [NTSB ERA11CA367](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA367.md): Mcdonnell Douglas MD88 · Miami, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 22, 2011 · N884DA · No damage
  > The in-flight encounter with convective turbulence, resulting in an injury to a cabin attendant.
- [NTSB ERA09LA224](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA224.md): Mcdonnell Douglas MD88 · Atlanta, GA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 28, 2009 · N941DL · Minor damage
  > The flight attendant’s failure to properly restrain herself after taking her jumpseat.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.engine_model_code IN ('52053', '52377')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' e WHERE e.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND e.aircrafts_position = x.position AND e."isDefiningEvent" AND e."tier2Number" = '360'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/360/cases?engine=52053

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