# NTSB investigations, TX: Vortex turbulence encountered

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 FTW03LA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA179.md): Grumman AA-5B · Spring, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 14, 2003 · N81268 · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the pilot to maintain aircraft control due to wake turbulence.
- [NTSB FTW02LA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA139.md): Boeing A75SN1 · Georgetown, TX · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 4, 2002 · N5805V · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate planning/decision resulting in the wake turbulence encounter during the takeoff/initial climb of the formation flight. A contributing factor was the partial loss of engine power for an undetermined reason.
- [NTSB FTW95LA223](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW95LA223.md): Cessna 120 · College Station, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 1, 1995 · N76856 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inability to maintain directional control after encountering wake turbulence from a landing airplane. A factor was the tailwind.
- [NTSB FTW95IA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW95IA083.md): Boeing 737-3A4 · Houston, TX · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jan 1, 1995 · N326SW · No damage
  > Encounter with wake turbulence.
- [NTSB FTW92LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW92LA117.md): Cessna 310P · Austin, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 23, 1992 · N5936M · Substantial damage
  > The approach controller's failure to properly sequence arriving traffic, and the tower controller's failure to sequence and separate landing traffic. Factors in the accident were: the pilot's failure to obtain a landing clearance and the night light…
- [NTSB DEN91LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN91LA117.md): Piper PA-25-150 · Seagraves, TX · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 17, 1991 · N6261Z · Destroyed
  > The pilot's improper inflight planning which resulted in loss of aircraft control due to wake turbulence.
- [NTSB FTW85IA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85IA149.md): Beech A36 · Dfw Airport, TX · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Mar 13, 1985 · N2057A · No damage
  > Drg arr, a Beech A36, N2057A, was vectored for an ILS rwy 17L apch while a hvy Boeing 747 was being vectored for an ILS rwy 18R apch. The ATC arrival controller (ctlr) stated he had 'staggered' the A36 bhnd the 747 with at least 3 mi sepn. After the A36 was…
- [NTSB FTW84LA234](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA234.md): Canadair CL-600 · Clarksville, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 16, 1984 · N215RL · Minor damage
  > Cruising at FL350, N215RL encountered wake turbulance from a descending 'heavy' Boeing 767. The resultant upset caused an uncontrolled loss of 11,000 ft in 10 to 15 seconds before the crew was able to recover. The acft was not damaged but an unrestrained pax…

## 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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'TX' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT o.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 410)
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?occurrence=410&state=TX

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