# NTSB investigations, FL: 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 DCA26LA286](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26LA286.md): Embraer S A ERJ 170-200 LL · Sanford, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jul 16, 2026 · N271SY · No damage
  > An encounter with convectively induced turbulence during cruise flight in an area of forecast thunderstorm activity.
- [NTSB DCA25LA323](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25LA323.md): Boeing 737-7H4 · Port Orange, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Sep 12, 2025 · N919WN · No damage
  > An encounter with convective turbulence during descent, which resulted in serious injuries to a flight attendant.
- [NTSB DCA25LA312](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25LA312.md): Mcdonnell Douglas MD 83 · Miami, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Aug 23, 2025 · N805WA · No damage
  > An encounter with convective turbulence during descent that resulted in a serious injury to a flight attendant.
- [NTSB DCA25LA240](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25LA240.md): Airbus Industrie A321-211 · Miami, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jun 22, 2025 · N189UW · No damage
  > The unexpected encounter with a rapidly developing convective cell during climb resulting in convectively induced turbulence on a dark moon-less evening.
- [NTSB DCA25LA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25LA238.md): Boeing 737-924ER · Fort Myers, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jun 16, 2025 · N28478 · No damage
  > The airplane’s inadvertent encounter with convective turbulence during descent, which resulted in serious injuries to two flight attendants.
- [NTSB DCA25LA234](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25LA234.md): Boeing 737-7H4 · Ebro, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jun 14, 2025 · N969WN · No damage
  > The airplane’s encounter with convective turbulence during climb while diverting to an alternate airport, resulting in a serious injury to a passenger who disregarded the flight crew’s illuminated seat belt sign and the cabin crew’s instruction to remain…
- [NTSB DCA24LA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA24LA195.md): Airbus A330 · Orlando, FL · Incident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open · May 18, 2024 · EI-GCF
- [NTSB DCA23LA378](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23LA378.md): Airbus A320-214 · Inverness, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jul 12, 2023 · N249NV · No damage
  > An inadvertent encounter with convectively induced turbulence during descent.
- [NTSB DCA23LA477](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23LA477.md): Boeing 757 · Lake Butler, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Feb 10, 2023 · N13138 · No damage
  > An inadvertent encounter with convectively induced turbulence.
- [NTSB DCA23LA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23LA107.md): Gulfstream Aerospace GIV-X (G450) · Miami, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Dec 24, 2022 · N456FX · No damage
  > An unanticipated encounter with convective induced turbulence from developing cumulus clouds below the flight path, which produced strong updrafts and downdrafts.
- [NTSB DCA23LA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23LA050.md): Boeing 737-8 · Miami, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Nov 10, 2022 · N316SE · No damage
  > An encounter with convective turbulence during descent.
- [NTSB ERA22LA404](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA404.md): Cirrus Design SF50 · Saint Cloud, FL · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Sep 9, 2022 · N77VJ · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s continuation of the instrument approach into known extreme precipitation and turbulence associated with a thunderstorm, resulting in excessive altitude deviations that required him to activate the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System.
- [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 DCA22LA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA22LA001.md): Boeing 737-7H4 · Orlando, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jul 5, 2020 · N254WN · No damage
  > An encounter with moderate turbulence during descent.
- [NTSB DCA19CA213](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA19CA213.md): Airbus A319 · Fort Myers, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report · Sep 6, 2019 · N515NK · No damage
  > an encounter with convectively induced turbulence associated with towering cumulus clouds during descent.
- [NTSB DCA18CA316](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA18CA316.md): Airbus A319 · West Palm Beach, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report · Jul 23, 2018 · N328NB · No damage
  > An inadvertent encounter with convective turbulence.
- [NTSB ERA18LA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA112.md): Gulfstream Aerospace G V · Miami, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Mar 21, 2018 · N90JE · No damage
  > The passengers' failure to comply with the fasten seatbelt sign, with resulted in their injury during an inflight turbulence encounter.
- [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 DCA17CA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA17CA101.md): Embraer ERJ 190 100 IGW · Orlando, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Apr 14, 2017 · N373JB · No damage
  > an inadvertent encounter with convective turbulence, which resulted in a serious injury to a flight attendant.
- [NTSB DCA16CA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16CA077.md): Boeing 737 7H4 · Titusville, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jan 28, 2016 · N718SW · No damage
  > an inadvertent encounter with clear air turbulence.
- [NTSB ERA15CA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15CA031.md): Solo Wings Aquilla · Eustis, FL · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 26, 2014 · N55446 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the final approach in turbulent conditions, which resulted in a collision with water.
- [NTSB ERA13CA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13CA177.md): Trick Trikes Eagle · Eustis, FL · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Mar 17, 2013 · N44565 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the weight-shift aircraft during the final approach to land.
- [NTSB ERA13LA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA171.md): Mcnulty John S Aerolite 103 · Immokalee, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 16, 2013 · N2549W · Substantial damage
  > The loss of engine power due to the seizure of the magneto piston.
- [NTSB ERA12CA521](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA521.md): Cessna 152 · Deland, FL · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 21, 2012 · N49054 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control on final approach in gusting wind conditions. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s decision to operate in an environment of thunderstorms and rapidly deteriorating weather.
- [NTSB DCA12FA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA12FA069.md): Airbus A319-112 · Fort Lauderdale, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · May 10, 2012 · N951FR · No damage
  > an inadvertent encounter with convectively induced turbulence developing upwards into the flight path, which was not detected on weather radar as configured by the crew. Contributing to the delay in emergency medical personnel notification was the incomplete…
- [NTSB DCA11CA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA11CA116.md): Boeing 737 7H4 · Cape Coral, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 6, 2011 · N936WN · No damage
  > An encounter with convective turbulence during the descent.
- [NTSB ERA11CA367](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA367.md): Mcdonnell Douglas MD88 · Miami, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 22, 2011 · N884DA · No damage
  > The in-flight encounter with convective turbulence, resulting in an injury to a cabin attendant.
- [NTSB ERA11GA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11GA066.md): Cessna M337B · Avon Park, FL · Accident · 3 fatal · Final report · Nov 18, 2010 · N1309 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadvertent encounter with an unexpected intense rain shower with severe turbulence at night.
- [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.
- [NTSB ERA09LA488](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA488.md): Boeing 717-200 · Inverness, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 27, 2009 · N994AT · No damage
  > The flight crew's encounter with convective turbulence. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the operator's dispatch department to provide the flightcrew with current adverse weather information along the planned route of flight. Also contributing…
- [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.
- [NTSB NYC08LA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08LA164.md): Beech G35 · New Smyrna Beach, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 20, 2008 · N4606D · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadvertent encounter with turbulence that was not forcast.
- [NTSB NYC08CA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA156.md): Boeing 737-823 · Miami, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Apr 7, 2008 · N947AN · No damage
  > An unexpected encounter with turbulence, during the initial descent for landing.

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

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