# NTSB investigations, IL: 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 DCA23LA411](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23LA411.md): Embraer ERJ170 · Eleroy, IL · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Aug 14, 2023 · N776MS · No damage
  > An encounter with clear air turbulence.
- [NTSB DCA23LA305](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23LA305.md): Boeing 737-924ER · Chicago, IL · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jun 1, 2023 · N28457 · No damage
  > An encounter with convectively-induced turbulence (CIT).
- [NTSB DCA21LA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA21LA209.md): Airbus 319-132 · Chicago, IL · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Aug 21, 2021 · N806AW · No damage
  > An encounter with clear air turbulence.
- [NTSB DCA20CA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA20CA122.md): Embraer ERJ170 · Plainfield, IL · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report · Jul 9, 2020 · N226NN · No damage
  > an encounter with convective turbulence.
- [NTSB DCA19CA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA19CA208.md): Mcdonnell Douglas MD88 · Chicago, IL · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 27, 2019 · N911DL · No damage
  > an encounter with convective turbulence during descent.
- [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 CHI08IA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08IA200.md): Eclipse EA500 · Rockford, IL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jul 17, 2008 · N875NA · Minor damage
  > The improper installation of the forward edge of the left-hand wing-to-body panel, causing the fairing to separate from the airplane during an in-flight encounter with light turbulence. Contributing to the event was the use of small-head screws and grommets…

## 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" = 'IL' 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=IL

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