# NTSB investigations: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82): 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 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 MIA03LA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA155.md): McDonnell Douglas MD-82 · Charlotte, NC · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 4, 2003 · N7527A · No damage
  > The pilot-in-command's failure to sufficiently deviate to avoid known weather, and his failure to activate the seatbelt sign to ensure flight attendants and passengers were seated, which resulted in a passenger receiving serious injuries when the flight…
- [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 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 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 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…

## 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 ('3022082')
    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?model=3022082&occurrence=240

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