# NTSB investigations, 2010: 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 WPR11LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11LA071.md): Boeing 767 · Pago Pago, Antarctica · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 3, 2010 · N584HA · No damage
  > The airplane’s encounter with convectively-induced turbulence, which resulted in serious injury to one flight attendant.
- [NTSB CEN11LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11LA085.md): Embraer EMB-135LR · Milwaukee, WI · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 30, 2010 · N12530 · No damage
  > An in-flight encounter with turbulence during cruise flight, which resulted in a serious injury to a flight attendant.
- [NTSB DCA10FA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA10FA090.md): Boeing 767 · Dulles, VA · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 17, 2010 · G-BNWU · No damage
  > an in-flight encounter with turbulence that resulted in an injury to a cabin attendant.
- [NTSB ANC10FA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC10FA064.md): Dehavilland Beaver DHC-2 MK.1 · Ketchikan, AK · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 23, 2010 · N9290Z · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s decision to continue the flight toward his destination in significant turbulence and downdrafts, and his subsequent failure to maintain control of the airplane while flying low over rising terrain.
- [NTSB CEN10LA363](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA363.md): Embraer EMB-145LR · Pioneer, LA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 28, 2010 · N601DW · No damage
  > The inadvertent encounter with convective weather during cruise flight. Contributing to the accident was the flight crew's failure to detect and avoid the thunderstorm cell earlier in the flight, and the failure of air traffic controllers to provide the…
- [NTSB DCA10FA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA10FA064.md): Boeing 777 · Southern Tip of Greenland, Denmark · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · May 25, 2010 · N794UA · No damage
  > An inadvertent encounter with unforecast turbulence in cruise flight.
- [NTSB WPR10CA226](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA226.md): Beech B35 · Burbank, CA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Apr 19, 2010 · N5032C · Substantial damage
  > The airplane's encounter with turbulence while at an airspeed above maneuvering airspeed, which exceeded the limit load of the stabilizers and ruddervators.
- [NTSB CEN10LA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA218.md): Saab-Scania Saab 340B · Bradley, IL · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 6, 2010 · N437XJ · No damage
  > The flightcrew's encounter with convectively induced turbulence associated with a convective cloud during the flight.
- [NTSB ERA10CA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA174.md): Airbus Industrie A319-100 · Titusville, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Mar 11, 2010 · N319NB · No damage
  > An inadvertent in-flight encounter with turbulence, resulting in an injury to a cabin attendant.

## 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 year(c."eventDate") = 2010
  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?year=2010

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