# NTSB investigations, NY: 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 ERA24LA317](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA317.md): Mooney M20J · Montauk, NY · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jul 14, 2024 · N8201R · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain an appropriate glide path during the landing approach in terrain induced turbulence, resulting in a hard landing and subsequent runway excursion.
- [NTSB ERA24FA283](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24FA283.md): Piper PA46 · Trout Creek, NY · Accident · 5 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Jun 30, 2024 · N85PG · Destroyed
  > The pilot’s loss of airplane control in flight due to spatial disorientation during a climb to cruise altitude in instrument meteorological conditions and turbulence, which resulted in the in-flight breakup of the airplane. Contributing to the accident was…
- [NTSB DCA24LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA24LA097.md): Boeing 777-222ER · Kelsey, NY · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Feb 10, 2024 · N788UA · No damage
  > The airplane’s encounter with an unanticipated localized region of moderate-to-severe turbulence while in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) associated with strong upper-level wind shear and convective cells. Contributing to the severity of the…
- [NTSB DCA23LA465](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23LA465.md): Boeing 787-8 · Lake Erie Beach, NY · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Sep 28, 2023 · N804AN · No damage
  > Malfunctioning brakes on a service cart.
- [NTSB DCA22LA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA22LA198.md): Airbus 220 · New York, NY · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Sep 4, 2022 · N113DQ · No damage
  > An encounter with convective turbulence.
- [NTSB DCA19CA207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA19CA207.md): Boeing 737 · Albany, NY · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report · Oct 15, 2018 · N7816B · No damage
  > an encounter with convective turbulence that resulted in a serious injury to a flight attendant.
- [NTSB DCA17LA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA17LA173.md): Airbus 330 · East Hampton, NY · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 5, 2017 · N276AY · No damage
  > an inadvertent encounter with convective turbulence.
- [NTSB DCA16CA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16CA202.md): Airbus A321 231 · Jamaica, NY · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 12, 2016 · N104NN · No damage
  > an encounter with convective turbulence that resulted in a flight attendant injury.
- [NTSB ERA12CA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA044.md): Boeing 767-2B7 · New York, NY · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 20, 2011 · N253AY · No damage
  > The passenger's lack of compliance with the illuminated seatbelt sign, which resulted in her injury during a turbulence encounter.

## 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" = 'NY' 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=NY

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