# Turbulence, general - Type: NTSB finding subsection - Path: [Environmental issues](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03) › [Conditions/weather/phenomena](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0303) › [Turbulence](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/030320) › Turbulence, general - NTSB code: 03032000 - Cases: 92 - In the probable cause: 60 - Fatal cases: 22 - All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03032000/cases.md - Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03032000/cases.md?cause=1 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03032000 ## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all) - 2008: 10 / 10 - 2009: 5 / 8 - 2010: 5 / 11 - 2011: 3 / 9 - 2012: 3 / 5 - 2013: 1 / 2 - 2014: 2 / 4 - 2015: 5 / 5 - 2016: 2 / 2 - 2017: 3 / 4 - 2018: 2 / 3 - 2019: 1 / 1 - 2020: 0 / 3 - 2021: 3 / 4 - 2022: 5 / 7 - 2023: 3 / 4 - 2024: 2 / 5 - 2025: 2 / 2 - 2026: 3 / 3 ## Defining events in these cases - [Turbulence encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/360): 34 cases - [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 32 cases - [Aircraft structural failure](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/337): 3 cases - [Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120): 3 cases - [VFR encounter with IMC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/401): 2 cases - [Inflight upset](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/271): 2 cases - [Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241): 2 cases - [Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230): 2 cases - [Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092): 2 cases - [Prop/jet/rotor blast/suction](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/082): 2 cases ## Aircraft models (registry) - [Piper PA-18-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150): 3 cases - [Piper PA46-500TP](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa46-500tp): 2 cases - [Piper PA-32-260](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260): 2 cases - [Mooney M20J](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j): 2 cases - [Airbus A320-232](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a320-232): 2 cases - [Embraer-Empresa Brasileira De ERJ 170-200 LR](https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-empresa-brasileira-de-erj-170-200-lr): 2 cases - [Cirrus Design SR22](https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22): 2 cases - [Boeing 737-724](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-724): 2 cases - [Beech C23](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23): 2 cases - [Schweizer 269C-1](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-269c-1): 1 cases ## Other findings in the same cases - [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 41 cases - [Performance/control parameters, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000) (Aircraft): 11 cases - [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 10 cases - [Airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010) (Aircraft): 10 cases - [Angle of attack](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062042) (Aircraft): 6 cases - [Altitude](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062012) (Aircraft): 6 cases - [Dark](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03036020) (Environmental issues): 5 cases - [Gusts](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045) (Environmental issues): 5 cases - [Conducive to structural icing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03031025) (Environmental issues): 5 cases - [Descent/approach/glide path](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040) (Aircraft): 5 cases ## Newest cases - [NTSB CEN26LA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA209), May 30, 2026: Bellanca 7GCBC (N90932), Jonesboro, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed, which led to the airplane exceeding its critical angle of attack and experiencing an aerodynamic stall. Contributing to the accident was the… - [NTSB DCA26LA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26LA185), Apr 16, 2026: Boeing 737-8 (N8787K), Providence, RI, no damage. Probable cause: The airplane’s encounter with turbulence during descent resulting in a serious injury to a flight attendant. - [NTSB CEN26LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA085), Jan 6, 2026: Quad City Challenger (N194JR), Greenbrier, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The non-certificated pilot's failure to maintain airplane control during the landing. - [NTSB WPR25LA287](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA287), Sep 13, 2025: Briseno Samuel Kolb Firefly (N139SB), Cave Junction, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The non-certificated pilot's improper landing flare in turbulent wind conditions, which resulted in a hard landing. - [NTSB DCA25LA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25LA241), Jun 18, 2025: Boeing 737-8H4 (N8685B), Barlow Bend, AL, no damage. Probable cause: The airplane’s encounter with unanticipated turbulence during descent, resulting in a serious injury to a flight attendant. - [NTSB DCA25LA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25LA023), Nov 3, 2024: Boeing 767-322 (N651UA), Kingston, Jamaica, no damage. Probable cause: An inadvertent encounter with convective turbulence while in enroute cruise flight. - [NTSB DCA24LA256](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA24LA256), Aug 7, 2024: Boeing 737 (N226WN), Severn, MD, no damage. Probable cause: A passenger’s failure to comply with crew member instructions to remain seated with seatbelt fastened. - [NTSB CEN24FA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24FA179), May 13, 2024: Piper PA46-500TP (N241PM), Marianna, AR, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s exceedance of the airplane’s design limitations, which resulted in an in-flight breakup. - [NTSB WPR24LA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA111), Mar 14, 2024: Piper Aerostar 601P (N1SS), Grass Valley, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control in a gusting wind condition. - [NTSB WPR24FA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24FA105), Mar 10, 2024: Piper PA-32-260 (N3264W), Madras, OR, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The 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… NTSB has coded findings and defining events since 2008; earlier cases used its older occurrence and cause codes and aren't counted. Findings: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings.md. Defining events: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events.md. Phases of flight: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases.md. Every investigation, filtered by finding, event, phase, state, year or model: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb.md (for example ?state=MI&fatal=1). NTSB's definitions: Accident and incident, 49 CFR 830.2 (https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-VIII/part-830/subpart-A/section-830.2), CICTT occurrence categories (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/data/Documents/datafiles/OccurrenceCategoryDefinitions.pdf), CICTT phases of flight (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/data/Documents/datafiles/PhaseofFlightDefinitions.pdf), and NTSB coding manual, before 2008 (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). NTSB publishes no definitions for its findings, only their names. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.