# NTSB investigations, TN: 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 DCA25LA239](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25LA239.md): Airbus A320 · Nashville, TN · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jun 22, 2025 · N616NK · No damage
  > The airplane’s encounter with moderate convective turbulence during descent.
- [NTSB ERA24FA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24FA217.md): Beech V35 · Franklin, TN · Accident · 3 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · May 15, 2024 · N47WT · Destroyed
  > The pilot’s flight into convective weather, which resulted in a loss of control due to spatial disorientation and a subsequent inflight breakup of the airplane. Contributing to the accident was the lack of accurate weather intensity depiction on the…
- [NTSB DCA24LA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA24LA130.md): Boeing 737-800 · Paris, TN · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Mar 15, 2024 · N8520Q · No damage
  > An encounter with convective turbulence.
- [NTSB DCA19CA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA19CA091.md): Boeing 737 · Franklin, TN · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report · Feb 18, 2019 · N3730B · No damage
  > an encounter with convective turbulence during descent.
- [NTSB DCA17LA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA17LA183.md): Bombardier CL 600 2C10 · McKellar, TN · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Aug 22, 2017 · N745SK · No damage
  > An encounter with convective turbulence while maneuvering to avoid conflicting traffic.
- [NTSB ERA16CA246](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16CA246.md): Mooney M20 · Clifton, TN · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 18, 2016 · N3877H · Substantial damage
  > The flight's encounter with unforecast extreme turbulence, which resulted in a loss of airplane control and structural damage.
- [NTSB GAA15CA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA051.md): Piper PA 32R-300 · Gatlinburg, TN · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Apr 26, 2015 · N2269M · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's encounter with extreme turbulence during descent over mountainous terrain, which resulted in a loss of control, and structural damage in flight.
- [NTSB ERA11LA344](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11LA344.md): Beech A100 · Gray, TN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 15, 2011 · N15L · Substantial damage
  > An encounter with convectively-induced turbulence and icing, which resulted in an in-flight upset and a loss of airplane control.

## 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" = 'TN' 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=TN

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