# NTSB investigations, MN: 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 DCA18CA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA18CA102.md): Airbus A330 323 · Minneapolis, MN · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report · Feb 24, 2018 · N817NW · No damage
  > an inadvertent encounter with clear air turbulence.
- [NTSB DCA17CA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA17CA155.md): Embraer S A ERJ170-200LR · Minneapolis, MN · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report · Jul 20, 2017 · N427YX · No damage
  > An encounter with convective turbulence.
- [NTSB DCA16CA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16CA089.md): Airbus Industrie A319 132 · Minneapolis, MN · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Feb 14, 2016 · N827AW · No damage
  > an encounter with turbulence that resulted in a serious injury to a passenger who was standing when the fasten seatbelt sign was illuminated.
- [NTSB DCA12CA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA12CA088.md): Airbus Industrie A320-212 · Minneapolis, MN · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 11, 2012 · N352NW · No damage
  > Inadvertent encounter with convective turbulence while in descent.

## 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" = 'MN' 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=MN

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