# NTSB investigations, LA: 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 CEN24LA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA100.md): Beechcraft BE58 · DeRidder, LA · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Jan 26, 2024 · N811CW · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s encounter with heavy rain, hail, and severe turbulence associated with a thunderstorm, which resulted in substantial damage to the airplane.
- [NTSB DCA23LA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23LA175.md): Airbus A319-132 · New Orleans, LA · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Feb 16, 2023 · N505NK · No damage
  > The flight’s 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 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 DCA20CA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA20CA038.md): Embraer EMB 135KL · Alexandria, LA · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report · Dec 16, 2019 · N805AE · No damage
  > an encounter with convectively induced turbulence while overflying an area of known convective activity.
- [NTSB CEN10LA363](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA363.md): Embraer EMB-145LR · Pioneer, LA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 28, 2010 · N601DW · No damage
  > The inadvertent encounter with convective weather during cruise flight. Contributing to the accident was the flight crew's failure to detect and avoid the thunderstorm cell earlier in the flight, and the failure of air traffic controllers to provide the…
- [NTSB DFW08FA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08FA080.md): Cessna T210M · Abbeville, LA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 11, 2008 · N732RR · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control for undetermined reasons. Contributing to the accident were the prevailing clouds, rain, and turbulence.

## 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" = 'LA' 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=LA

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