# NTSB investigations: Airbus A320-232: 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 DCA26WA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26WA177.md): Airbus A320-232 · Punta Cana, Dominican Republic · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Foreign · Apr 4, 2026 · N794JB · No damage
- [NTSB DCA26LA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26LA165.md): Airbus A320-232 · Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean) · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Mar 19, 2026 · N605JB · No damage
  > The airplane’s encounter with turbulence resulted in serious injuries to a flight attendant who was not seated due to completion of arrival compliance checks.
- [NTSB DCA25LA239](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25LA239.md): Airbus A320 · Nashville, TN · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jun 22, 2025 · N616NK · No damage
  > The airplane’s encounter with moderate convective turbulence during descent.
- [NTSB DCA23LA462](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23LA462.md): Airbus A320-232 · Caribbean Sea (Atlantic Ocean) · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Sep 25, 2023 · N569JB · No damage
  > An inadvertent encounter with convectively induced turbulence during cruise that was not depicted by the airplane’s weather radar system.
- [NTSB DCA20CA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA20CA058.md): Airbus A320 · New Orleans, LA · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report · Jan 10, 2020 · N1902U · No damage
  > an encounter with convectively induced turbulence while overflying an area of known convective activity.
- [NTSB DCA19CA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA19CA037.md): Airbus A320 · LAS Vegas, NV · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report · Dec 1, 2018 · N632NK · No damage
  > The airplane’s encounter with severe turbulence.
- [NTSB DCA17CA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA17CA111.md): Airbus A320 232 · Boston, MA · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · May 2, 2017 · N595JB · No damage
  > an inadvertent encounter with convective turbulence.
- [NTSB DCA16IA215](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16IA215.md): Airbus A320 232 · Wood, SD · Incident · Minor injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Aug 12, 2016 · N632JB · Minor damage
  > an inadvertent encounter with convective turbulence while in cruise flight.
- [NTSB ERA11CA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA152.md): Airbus A320-232 · North Fayston, VT · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Feb 19, 2011 · N706JB · No damage
  > The airplane's inadvertent encounter with turbulence during the approach, which resulted in serious injury to a flight attendant.
- [NTSB ERA09LA396](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA396.md): Airbus A320-232 · Fort Myers, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 10, 2009 · N606JB · No damage
  > An inadvertent in-flight encounter with turbulence during approach. Contributing to the accident was the passengers' failure to follow the instructions of the illuminated seatbelt sign.

## 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 ('3940004', '3940304')
    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=3940004

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