# NTSB investigations: Boeing 787-9

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 DCA26WA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26WA241.md): Boeing 787-9 · Singapore, Singapore · Occurrence · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign · Jun 21, 2026 · N27997
- [NTSB DCA26LA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26LA167.md): Boeing 787-9 · Pacific Ocean (Pacific Ocean) · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Mar 29, 2026 · N23994 · No damage
  > An unanticipated encounter with clear air turbulence while in cruise flight.
- [NTSB DCA26LA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26LA184.md): Boeing 787-9 · Los Angeles, CA · Incident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report · Mar 2, 2026 · N24972 · No damage
  > On March 2, 2026, at 1100 Pacific Standard Time, United Airlines flight 2127, a Boeing 787-9, registration N24972, powered by two General Electric GEnx™-1B76A/P2 turbofan engines, experienced a No. 1 (left) engine surge during climb from Los Angeles…
- [NTSB DCA25LA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25LA173.md): Boeing 787 · Claveria, Philippines · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Mar 27, 2025 · N27958 · No damage
  > An encounter with convective turbulence during cruise that was not detected in advance by cockpit weather radar or weather information services.
- [NTSB DCA25LA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25LA055.md): Boeing 787-9 · Pacific Ocean, Hong Kong SAR China · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Dec 3, 2024 · N29975 · No damage
  > An encounter with unexpected turbulence during descent.
- [NTSB DCA25LA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25LA044.md): Boeing 787-9 · Tokyo, Japan · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Nov 15, 2024 · N833AA · No damage
  > An encounter with turbulence while in cruise flight, resulting in serious injuries to two flight attendants.
- [NTSB ENG24LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG24LA014.md): Boeing 787 · Singapore, Singapore · Incident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · May 14, 2024 · N27957 · Minor damage
  > The uncontained left engine failure was caused by the failure and liberation of the HPT stage 1 aft blade retainer as a result of a fatigue crack in the upper collet radius that originated from a surface connected cluster of Oxide/Carbonitride/Nitride/Carbide…
- [NTSB DCA23WA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23WA019.md): Boeing 787-9 · Keflavík, Iceland · Incident · Class 5 · Foreign · Oct 14, 2022 · N823AN · Minor damage
- [NTSB DCA22WA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA22WA020.md): Boeing 787-9 · Baradero, Argentina · Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign · Nov 3, 2021 · N36962 · No damage
- [NTSB DCA18CA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA18CA219.md): Boeing 787-9 · Harbin, China · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 11, 2018 · N826AN · No damage
  > the accidental tipping over of a beverage service cart, when there was no turbulence, which caused pots of hot water to burn two flight attendants.
- [NTSB DCA17WA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA17WA172.md): Boeing 787-9 · Madrid, Spain · Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · Aug 8, 2017 · N825AA · No damage
  > The government of Spain has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a BOEING 787-9 airplane that occurred on August 08, 2017. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Spain's investigation under the provisions of…
- [NTSB DCA17WA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA17WA154.md): Boeing 787-9 · Fukushima, Japan · Accident · Serious injuries · Foreign investigation · Jul 1, 2017 · N29968 · No damage
  > The Japanese Transport Safety Board (JTSB) has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a Boeing 787-9 airplane that occurred on July 01, 2017. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the JTSB's investigation under the provisions…
- [NTSB DCA16CA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16CA021.md): Boeing 787 · Beaumont, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Nov 7, 2015 · N27958 · No damage
  > An inadvertent encounter with convective turbulence resulting in serious injury to a flight attendant.

## 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.aircraft_model_code IN ('1385609'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=1385609

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