# NTSB investigations: Airbus A321-231: 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 DCA26LA270](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26LA270.md): Airbus A321-231 · Somerset, CO · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open · Jul 6, 2026 · N943JT · No damage
- [NTSB DCA25LA341](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25LA341.md): Airbus A321 · Las Vegas, NV · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Sep 30, 2025 · N670NK · No damage
  > The airplane’s encounter with turbulence during descent resulting in a serious injury to a flight attendant who was standing at the time of the encounter.
- [NTSB DCA24LA255](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA24LA255.md): Airbus A321-231 · Waycross, GA · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Aug 8, 2024 · N542UW · No damage
  > The aircraft’s encounter with convectively induced turbulence.
- [NTSB DCA21LA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA21LA176.md): Airbus A321-231 · Miami, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jul 5, 2021 · N156AN · No damage
  > an inadvertent encounter with convective turbulence.
- [NTSB DCA21LA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA21LA164.md): Airbus A321-231 · New Orleans, LA · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jun 25, 2021 · N926UW · No damage
  > An inadvertent encounter with severe turbulence during cruise flight that caused a flight attendant to fall and fracture his ankle.
- [NTSB DCA18CA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA18CA055.md): Airbus A321 231 · Fort Lauderdale, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Dec 6, 2017 · N670NK · No damage
  > an inadvertent encounter with convective turbulence that resulted in a flight attendant injury.
- [NTSB DCA16CA205](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16CA205.md): Airbus A321 231 · Bermuda, Bermuda · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 28, 2016 · N913JB · No damage
  > an inadvertent encounter with clear air turbulence.
- [NTSB DCA16CA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16CA202.md): Airbus A321 231 · Jamaica, NY · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 12, 2016 · N104NN · No damage
  > an encounter with convective turbulence that resulted in a flight attendant injury.

## 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 ('3940032')
    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=3940032

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