# NTSB investigations: Boeing 777-223: 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 DCA25LA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25LA047.md): Boeing 777-223 · Brasilia, Brazil · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Nov 24, 2024 · N753AN · No damage
  > The airplane’s encounter with unanticipated turbulence during cruise flight, which resulted in serious injury to one passenger who was not seated.
- [NTSB DCA24LA254](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA24LA254.md): Boeing 777-223 · Linneus, MO · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Aug 4, 2024 · N793AN · No damage
  > An inadvertent encounter with convectively induced turbulence during cruise.
- [NTSB DCA23LA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23LA252.md): Boeing 777-223 · Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean) · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Apr 22, 2023 · N770AN · No damage
  > An encounter with inadvertent convective turbulence during cruise flight.
- [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 DCA19CA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA19CA088.md): Boeing 777 · Honolulu, HI · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report · Feb 27, 2019 · N771AN · No damage
  > the airplanes encounter with clear air turbulence.
- [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 DCA16CA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16CA050.md): Boeing 777 223 · Buenos Aires, Argentina · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Dec 12, 2015 · N784AN · No damage
  > an inadvertant encounter with convective turbulence.
- [NTSB DCA15WA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA15WA041.md): Boeing 777 223 · Ishikawa, Japan · Accident · Serious injuries · Foreign investigation · Dec 16, 2014 · N751AN · No damage
  > The Japan Transport Safety Board (JTSB) has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a Boeing 777-200 that occurred on December 16, 2014. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the JTSB investigation under the provisions of ICAO…
- [NTSB DCA15WA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA15WA002.md): Boeing 777 223 · Buenos Aires, Argentina · Accident · Serious injuries · Foreign investigation · Oct 3, 2014 · N772AN · No damage
- [NTSB WPR11LA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11LA203.md): Boeing 777-223 · Pacific Ocean · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 11, 2011 · N766AN · No damage
  > An inadvertent encounter with convective-induced turbulence upon entering cumulonimbus clouds.

## 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.aircraft_model_code IN ('1385213')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND s.aircrafts_position = x.position AND s."tier2Number" = '360' AND s.case_mkey IN (SELECT case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' WHERE "isDefiningEvent")))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/360/sequence?model=1385213

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