# NTSB investigations: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series: In flight encounter with weather 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 SEA08LA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08LA050.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83 · Ontario, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 25, 2007 · N943AS · No damage > The lack of turbulence forecasts available to the flight crew, which resulted in the flight attendants not being seated when the flight encountered severe terrain-induced turbulence. Contributing to the accident were the terrain-induced turbulence, the… - [NTSB CHI04LA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA196.md): McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 · Sheridan, IL · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 16, 2004 · N585AA · No damage > The convection induced turbulence and the flight attendant not being restrained. - [NTSB LAX03LA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA193.md): Boeing MD-82 · Fort Worth, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 12, 2003 · N451AA · No damage > The encounter with severe turbulence during descent, prior to the cabin crew taking their seats, which resulted in serious injury to two flight attendants. - [NTSB ATL03LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA014.md): McDonnell Douglas MD-82 · Orlando, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 6, 2002 · N479AA · No damage > The airplane's inflight encounter with turbulence that resulted in injuries to the number two flight attendant. - [NTSB CHI02LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA043.md): McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 · Romulus, MI · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 30, 2001 · N488AA · No damage > The turbulence encountered in-flight and the passenger not complying with the flight and cabin crew’s warning of the turbulance. - [NTSB ATL99LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL99LA049.md): McDonnell Douglas MD-80 · Raleigh, NC · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 8, 1999 · N433AA · No damage > The flight encountered clear air turbulence while descending through 17,000 feet mean sea level (MSL). - [NTSB MIA98LA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA002.md): McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 · Cross City, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 2, 1997 · N33502 · No damage > The in-flight encounter with turbulence associated with a nearby level 6 thunderstorm with moderate rain while deviating. - [NTSB LAX97LA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA072.md): McDonnell Douglas MD-83 · San Jose, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 22, 1996 · N590AA · No damage > The flight's encounter with severe turbulence while the injured cabin crew was standing. - [NTSB FTW96IA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96IA237.md): McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 (MD-82) · Albuquerque, NM · Incident · Minor injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jun 5, 1996 · N224AA · Minor damage > the flightcrew's inadvertent encounter with windshear at low altitude. Factors were: variable winds, high density altitude, and the FAA's inadequate location/height of the LLWAS sensor. - [NTSB FTW96IA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96IA235.md): McDonnell Douglas MD-82 · Childress, TX · Incident · Minor injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jun 3, 1996 · N493AA · No damage > The aircraft's encounter with unforcasted and unreported severe turbulence. - [NTSB MIA96LA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96LA019.md): Boeing 737-200 · Pensacola, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 7, 1995 · N312DL · No damage > The passenger failure to follow the instructions to be seated and utilize a seatbelt. Contributing to the accident was the in flight encounter with turbulence. - [NTSB MIA95LA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA95LA055.md): McDonnell Douglas MD-88 · Monroe, LA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 6, 1995 · N981DL · No damage > an in-flight encounter with weather during a climb, resulting in an injury to a flight attendant who got out of her seat to perform a duty. - [NTSB DEN93FA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN93FA047.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82 · Denver, CO · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 26, 1993 · N14816 · Substantial damage > An inflight encounterwith a microburst at an altitude insufficient to effect recovery. - [NTSB MIA88LA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA090.md): Douglas DC-9-82 · Hickman, KY · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 19, 1988 · N915TW · No damage > The capt left the seat belt sign on after takeoff. The flight attendants made a followup announcement for the passengers to remain seated and keep their seatbelts fastened due to the turbulence they were encountering. A passenger elected to get up from her… - [NTSB ATL88LA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA034.md): Boeing 737-232 · Raleigh, NC · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 11, 1987 · N315DL · No damage > The acft encountered moderate to severe turbulence during the nighttime flt, when it passed through clouds momentarily at FL225. A flt attendant sustained a broken ankle. The captain rptd that radar gave no indication of any wx ahead prior to the 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."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.engine_model_code IN ('52053', '52377') AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 240)) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?engine=52053&occurrence=240 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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