# NTSB investigations, 2022: 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 DCA23LA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23LA107.md): Gulfstream Aerospace GIV-X (G450) · Miami, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Dec 24, 2022 · N456FX · No damage
  > An unanticipated encounter with convective induced turbulence from developing cumulus clouds below the flight path, which produced strong updrafts and downdrafts.
- [NTSB DCA23WA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23WA097.md): Boeing 737-824 · Chiacam, Guatemala · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 5 · Foreign · Dec 18, 2022 · N87531 · No damage
- [NTSB DCA23LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23LA096.md): Airbus A330-243 · Kahului, HI · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Dec 18, 2022 · N393HA · Minor damage
  > The flight crew’s decision to fly over an observed storm cell instead of deviating around it despite sufficient meteorological information indicating the potential for severe convective activity.
- [NTSB DCA23LA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23LA093.md): Boeing 767-322 · Newark, NJ · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Dec 8, 2022 · N649UA · No damage
  > An inadvertent encounter with clear air turbulence during descent.
- [NTSB DCA23LA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23LA090.md): Embraer ERJ170 · Taneytown, MD · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Dec 3, 2022 · N85356 · No damage
  > An encounter with turbulence during descent.
- [NTSB DCA23LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23LA086.md): Boeing 737 · Denver, CO · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Nov 30, 2022 · N946WN · No damage
  > The flight’s encounter with mechanical turbulence.
- [NTSB DCA23LA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23LA050.md): Boeing 737-8 · Miami, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Nov 10, 2022 · N316SE · No damage
  > An encounter with convective turbulence during descent.
- [NTSB DCA23WA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23WA012.md): Boeing 737 · Komatsu, Ishikawa, Japan · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 5 · Foreign · Oct 3, 2022 · JA07RK · No damage
- [NTSB DCA23LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23LA008.md): Boeing 737 · Denver, CO · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Sep 29, 2022 · N7881A · No damage
  > An encounter with clear air turbulence during cruise flight.
- [NTSB ERA22LA404](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA404.md): Cirrus Design SF50 · Saint Cloud, FL · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Sep 9, 2022 · N77VJ · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s continuation of the instrument approach into known extreme precipitation and turbulence associated with a thunderstorm, resulting in excessive altitude deviations that required him to activate the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System.
- [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 DCA22LA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA22LA196.md): Boeing 737-824 · Denver, CO · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Sep 1, 2022 · N76529 · No damage
  > An encounter with clear air turbulence, which resulted in a serious injury as a flight attendant was lowering her jumpseat.
- [NTSB DCA22LA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA22LA191.md): Boeing 717-200 · Detroit, MI · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Aug 29, 2022 · N946AT · No damage
  > An encounter with moderate turbulence during descent.
- [NTSB DCA22LA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA22LA188.md): Boeing 737-824 · Pharisburg, OH · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Aug 19, 2022 · N73270 · No damage
  > The airplane’s inadvertent encounter with convective turbulence.
- [NTSB DCA22WA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA22WA152.md): Boeing 737 · Naha, Japan · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 5 · Foreign · Jul 16, 2022 · JA807X · No damage
- [NTSB DCA22WA190](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA22WA190.md): Boeing 787-900 · Lahore, Pakistan · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 5 · Foreign · May 27, 2022 · A6-BLF · No damage
- [NTSB DCA22LA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA22LA125.md): Airbus Industrie A320-232 · Springfield, MO · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · May 25, 2022 · N483UA · No damage
  > The flight’s encounter with clear air moderate turbulence.
- [NTSB DCA22WA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA22WA074.md): Airbus A320 · Okayama City, Japan · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 5 · Foreign · Jan 16, 2022 · JA24MC · No damage
- [NTSB DCA22WA223](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA22WA223.md): Boeing 737 · Durgapur, India · Occurrence · Class 5 · Foreign · Jan 5, 2022 · VT-SLH

## 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 year(c."eventDate") = 2022
  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?year=2022

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