# NTSB investigations, NV: 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 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 DCA25FA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25FA071.md): Boeing 737 · Henderson, NV · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Field · Preliminary report · Dec 26, 2024 · N958AK · No damage
  > On December 26, 2024, at 1335 pacific standard time, Alaska Airlines flight 700, a Boeing 737-9, N958AK, encountered severe turbulence during cruise flight, near Henderson, Nevada. Of the 181 passengers and crew, two flight attendants received serious…
- [NTSB WPR20LA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20LA216.md): Schleicher ASW27 · Ely, NV · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Jul 11, 2020 · N167TM · Destroyed
  > The pilot’s loss of glider control while maneuvering near a mountain ridge in downdrafts and dry microbursts at an altitude that precluded recovery.
- [NTSB DCA19CA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA19CA081.md): Embraer ERJ170 · Reno, NV · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report · Feb 13, 2019 · N613CZ · Minor damage
  > an inadvertent encounter with convective turbulence that resulted in a TCAS RA, which required an abrupt control input by the flight crew to resolve the conflict.
- [NTSB DCA19CA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA19CA037.md): Airbus A320 · LAS Vegas, NV · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report · Dec 1, 2018 · N632NK · No damage
  > The airplane’s encounter with severe turbulence.
- [NTSB WPR18FA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18FA073.md): Piper PA 23-250 · Elko, NV · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jan 12, 2018 · N54857 · Destroyed
  > The pilot's inadequate preflight weather planning, which resulted in the flight over mountainous terrain into forecast instrument meteorological conditions, icing, and mountain wave, and resulted in an uncontrolled descent and collision with terrain.
- [NTSB GAA17CA250](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA250.md): North Wing Uum Sport X2-N · Boulder City, NV · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Apr 30, 2017 · N366DN · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot’s exceedance of the weight-shift-control aircraft’s critical angle of attack and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action and failure to maintain the proper airspeed after encountering localized turbulence during approach, which…
- [NTSB DCA16CA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16CA182.md): Boeing 737-932ER · Las Vegas, NV · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 5, 2016 · N801DZ · No damage
  > An encounter with wake turbulence that resulted in a flight attendant injury.
- [NTSB WPR15LA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15LA142.md): Schleicher ASW 27 · Reno, NV · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 5, 2015 · N27QV · Substantial damage
  > The glider's encounter with severe turbulent atmospheric conditions after the pilot inadvertently entered clouds, which led to his inability to maintain a proper airspeed and the subsequent in-flight breakup of the glider.
- [NTSB WPR13LA431](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA431.md): Bombardier DHC-8-402 · Reno, NV · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 29, 2013 · N449QX · No damage
  > The airplane’s encounter with known moderate-to-severe turbulence, which resulted in a serious injury to a flight attendant.
- [NTSB LAX08IA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08IA065.md): Boeing 737-300 · Las Vegas, NV · Incident · Minor injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Feb 24, 2008 · N648SW · No damage
  > An inadvertent encounter with severe turbulence during descent and the failure of two passenger seat belt attach fittings. Contributing to the incident was the failure of the operator to comply with the SAIB.

## 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" = 'NV' 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=NV

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