NTSB investigations
430 cases where NTSB found Turbulence.
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duckdb -csv -c "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.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT f.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_findings.parquet' f WHERE starts_with(f.\"findingCode\", '030320')) ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"
Prints the whole list as CSV. It reads the release’s Parquet files over HTTPS, so there’s nothing to download first. Install DuckDB to run it.
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."mKey" IN (SELECT f.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_findings.parquet' f WHERE starts_with(f."findingCode", '030320')) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
Run it at the DuckDB prompt, or in any tool that reads Parquet over HTTPS. More ways to query the release are on Use the data.
NTSB WPR24FA105Accident · 2 fatalClass 3 · FieldFinal reportPiper PA-32-260 · Madras, ORThe pilot’s continued visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in an encounter with turbulence and structural icing conditions, loss of control, and subsequent impact with terrain.NTSB DCA24LA124Accident · Serious injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportBoeing 737 · Aylett, VAAn encounter with clear air turbulence during descent.NTSB WPR24LA085Accident · Serious injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportEvektor-Aerotechnik A S Harmony LSA · Santa Ana, CAA loss of airplane control due to wake turbulence resulting from the instructor pilot’s decision to continue the landing into a drifting wake vortex.NTSB DCA24LA097Accident · Serious injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportBoeing 777-222ER · Kelsey, NYThe 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 CEN24LA100Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportBeechcraft BE58 · DeRidder, LAThe pilot’s encounter with heavy rain, hail, and severe turbulence associated with a thunderstorm, which resulted in substantial damage to the airplane.NTSB CEN24FA049Accident · 2 fatalClass 3 · FieldFinal reportMD Helicopters 600 · Sterling City, TXThe pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a power line pole’s static arm during forecasted gusting wind conditions, un-forecasted light turbulence, and un-forecasted low-level wind shear conditions, resulting in main rotor blade contact with the static…NTSB WPR24LA021Accident · Minor injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 152 · The Dalles, ORThe pilot’s encounter with severe turbulence at night which resulted in an extended downwind and collision with wires during the base turn.NTSB WPR24LA019Accident · Serious injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportCameron Balloons U S A-315 · Albuquerque, NMThe pilot’s inability to maintain control of the balloon during landing due to unforecasted windshear and turbulent air.NTSB DCA23LA462Accident · Serious injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportAirbus A320-232 · Caribbean Sea (Atlantic Ocean)An inadvertent encounter with convectively induced turbulence during cruise that was not depicted by the airplane’s weather radar system.NTSB DCA23LA445Accident · Serious injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportBoeing 737-9 · Hebron, KYAn inadvertent encounter with convectively induced turbulence (CIT) during descent.NTSB ERA23LA353Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportBellanca 7ECA · Hopkinsville, KYThe pilot’s inadvertent encounter with helicopter wake turbulence during initial climb, which resulted in a loss of airplane control.NTSB DCA23LA421Accident · Serious injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportBoeing 777-222 · Over the (Atlantic Ocean)An inadvertent encounter with clear air turbulence during cruise flight.NTSB DCA23LA411Accident · Serious injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportEmbraer ERJ170 · Eleroy, ILAn encounter with clear air turbulence.NTSB WPR23FA296Accident · 1 fatalClass 3 · FieldFinal reportCessna T206H · Yellow Pine, IDThe pilot’s decision to perform a go-around into rising mountainous terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to follow published airport guidance about go-arounds, and landings and takeoffs with unfavorable winds.NTSB DCA23LA382Accident · Serious injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportBoeing 737-924ER · Myrtle Beach (Atlantic Ocean)An encounter with convectively induced turbulence (CIT) while in cruise flight.NTSB DCA23LA383Accident · Serious injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportBoeing 737 · East Palestine, OHAn inadvertent encounter with convectively induced turbulence (CIT) during descent.NTSB DCA23LA378Accident · Serious injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportAirbus A320-214 · Inverness, FLAn inadvertent encounter with convectively induced turbulence during descent.NTSB DCA23LA304Accident · Serious injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportAirbus Industrie A320-232 · Houston, TXAn encounter with convectively-induced turbulence (CIT).NTSB CEN23FA174Accident · 4 fatalClass 3 · FieldFinal reportPool Cessna R172 · Victor, COThe pilot’s failure to follow established mountain flying guidance, which resulted in a loss of control and impact with trees and mountainous terrain. Contributing to the accident was the airplane’s reduced climb performance at the elevated density altitude…NTSB DCA23LA252Accident · Serious injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportBoeing 777-223 · Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean)An encounter with inadvertent convective turbulence during cruise flight.NTSB WPR23LA146Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 172M · Santa Ana, CAThe flight instructor’s failure to maintain clearance from a commercial airliner which resulted in an encounter with wake turbulence and subsequent loss of control resulting in impact with terrain.NTSB WPR23FA137Accident · 1 fatalClass 3 · FieldFinal reportCessna 182S · Alcova, WYThe airplane’s encounter with low level wind shear associated with moderate turbulence, which resulted in a loss of airplane control.NTSB DCA23LA213Accident · Serious injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportBoeing 777-224 · Sacramento, CAAn encounter with forecast convective turbulence during climb.NTSB DCA23LA196Accident · Serious injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportAirbus A320-251N · Dallas, TXThe flight’s encounter with convective turbulence.NTSB DCA23LA175Accident · Serious injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportAirbus A319-132 · New Orleans, LAThe flight’s encounter with convective turbulence.NTSB DCA23LA170Accident · Serious injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportBoeing 737 · Rushville, INAn encounter with clear air turbulence during descent.NTSB DCA23LA477Accident · Serious injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportBoeing 757 · Lake Butler, FLAn inadvertent encounter with convectively induced turbulence.NTSB WPR23LA099Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportBeech C23 · Rich County, UTThe pilot’s inability to maintain altitude following an encounter with turbulence and adverse wind conditions.NTSB DCA23LA107Accident · Serious injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportGulfstream Aerospace GIV-X (G450) · Miami, FLAn unanticipated encounter with convective induced turbulence from developing cumulus clouds below the flight path, which produced strong updrafts and downdrafts.NTSB DCA23LA096Accident · Serious injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportAirbus A330-243 · Kahului, HIThe 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 WPR23LA062Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 172N · Socorro, NMThe pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard bounced landing and loss of control in gusting wind.NTSB DCA23LA093Accident · Serious injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportBoeing 767-322 · Newark, NJAn inadvertent encounter with clear air turbulence during descent.NTSB DCA23LA090Accident · Serious injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportEmbraer ERJ170 · Taneytown, MDAn encounter with turbulence during descent.NTSB DCA23LA086Accident · Serious injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportBoeing 737 · Denver, COThe flight’s encounter with mechanical turbulence.NTSB DCA23LA050Accident · Serious injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportBoeing 737-8 · Miami, FLAn encounter with convective turbulence during descent.NTSB CEN23FA031Accident · 2 fatalClass 3 · FieldFinal reportPiper PA46-500TP · Bignell, NEThe pilot’s flight into low instrument flight rules conditions and turbulence, which resulted in spatial disorientation, loss of control, and an impact with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s lack of total instrument experience.NTSB WPR23LA018Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportPiper J3F-60 · Herlong, NVThe pilot's failure to maintain adequate separation during a formation flight, which resulted in an encounter with wake turbulence, an aerodynamic stall, and collision with terrain.NTSB DCA23LA008Accident · Serious injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportBoeing 737 · Denver, COAn encounter with clear air turbulence during cruise flight.NTSB ERA22LA404Accident · Minor injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportCirrus Design SF50 · Saint Cloud, FLThe 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 DCA22LA198Accident · Serious injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportAirbus 220 · New York, NYAn encounter with convective turbulence.NTSB DCA22LA196Accident · Serious injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportBoeing 737-824 · Denver, COAn encounter with clear air turbulence, which resulted in a serious injury as a flight attendant was lowering her jumpseat.NTSB DCA22LA191Accident · Serious injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportBoeing 717-200 · Detroit, MIAn encounter with moderate turbulence during descent.NTSB DCA22LA188Accident · Serious injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportBoeing 737-824 · Pharisburg, OHThe airplane’s inadvertent encounter with convective turbulence.NTSB CEN22LA380Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 172 · McCarthy, AKThe pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during takeoff in turbulent weather conditions.NTSB WPR22LA253Accident · 2 fatalClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportCessna P210N · Buffalo, WYThe pilot’s decision to continue the visual flight rules flight into localized instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in an encounter with convective turbulence and a subsequent loss of control and in-flight breakup.NTSB ERA22LA304Accident · Serious injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportArion Lightning · Indiana, PAThe airplane pilot’s inadvertent encounter with rotor wash/turbulence during short final approach, which resulted in a loss of control in flight.NTSB DCA22LA131Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportCostruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2012 Traveller · Chicago, ILThe accident airplane encountered jet blast from a departing Boeing 737.NTSB DCA22LA125Accident · Serious injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportAirbus Industrie A320-232 · Springfield, MOThe flight’s encounter with clear air moderate turbulence.NTSB WPR22LA162Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 182 · Las Vegas, NVThe pilot’s failure to maintain sufficient clearance from the jet blast of a departing jet airplane.NTSB WPR22LA143Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 172G · Van Nuys, CAThe student pilot’s failure to maintain sufficient distance behind a jet airplane which, resulted in his loss of airplane control due to the jet airplane’s jet blast and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action.