# NTSB investigations, TX: 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 DCA25LA307](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25LA307.md): Embraer S A ERJ 170-200 LL · Peaster, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Aug 29, 2025 · N110SY · No damage
  > The airplane’s encounter with convective turbulence that resulted in serious injuries to a passenger who was out of their seat when the seatbelt sign was illuminated.
- [NTSB DCA23LA304](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23LA304.md): Airbus Industrie A320-232 · Houston, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jun 1, 2023 · N479UA · No damage
  > An encounter with convectively-induced turbulence (CIT).
- [NTSB DCA23LA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23LA196.md): Airbus A320-251N · Dallas, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Mar 2, 2023 · N366FR · No damage
  > The flight’s encounter with convective turbulence.
- [NTSB DCA21LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA21LA095.md): Boeing 777-223 · Fort Worth, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Mar 15, 2021 · N789AN · No damage
  > an encounter with clear air turbulence during approach
- [NTSB DCA21LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA21LA058.md): Airbus Industrie A320-232 · Houston, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Dec 23, 2020 · N463UA · No damage
  > an encounter with forecasted convective turbulence during approach.
- [NTSB CEN19LA266](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA266.md): Canadair CL600 2B16 · Lubbock, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Aug 8, 2019 · N237QS · No damage
  > The unexpected wake turbulence encounter while climbing in smooth air to cruise, resulting in passenger injuries. Contributing to the accident was the passenger seat belt sign was off.
- [NTSB DCA18CA303](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA18CA303.md): Embraer EMB120 · 40 nm vicinity south of Lake Jackson, TX · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report · Sep 20, 2018 · N233SW · Substantial damage
  > an encounter with severe turbulence, which caused the improperly secured cargo to shift and damage the airplane floor structure.
- [NTSB DCA18CA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA18CA201.md): Boeing 777 223 · Decatur, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 10, 2018 · N750AN · No damage
  > the passengers failure to comply with the fasten seatbelt sign when the airplane encountered convective turbulence.
- [NTSB DCA17CA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA17CA194.md): Mcdonnell Douglas MD 90-30 · El Paso, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 4, 2017 · N938DN · No damage
  > an inadvertent encounter with turbulence.
- [NTSB DCA17CA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA17CA123.md): Airbus A319 132 · South Toledo Bend, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report · May 22, 2017 · N512NK · No damage
  > an 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 DCA16CA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16CA214.md): Boeing 737 924 · Waco, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 17, 2016 · N37408 · No damage
  > an encounter with convective turbulence.
- [NTSB DCA16CA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16CA021.md): Boeing 787 · Beaumont, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Nov 7, 2015 · N27958 · No damage
  > An inadvertent encounter with convective turbulence resulting in serious injury to a flight attendant.
- [NTSB DCA12LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA12LA091.md): Boeing 737-724 · Winnie, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 13, 2012 · N16709 · No damage
  > the flight crew's penetration of a rapidly developing thunderstorm cell in an area of forecasted convective activity. The serious injuries were the result of a misunderstanding between the captain and cabin crew regarding the potential for turbulence.
- [NTSB CEN09LA256](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA256.md): Boeing 737-724 · McAllen, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 18, 2009 · N27722 · No damage
  > The injured passenger's failure to comply with the requirement to remain seated with a fastened seatbelt.

## 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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'TX' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT e.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' e WHERE 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?state=TX

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