# NTSB investigations, 1995: 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 LAX95LA346](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX95LA346.md): Grumman G-164B · Avondale, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 1, 1995 · N6779K · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's failure to plan to avoid wake turbulence.
- [NTSB NYC95LA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC95LA175.md): Varga TRI-Q200 · Elyria, OH · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 25, 1995 · N888TQ · Destroyed
  > the pilot's decision to perform a staggered takeoff on the downwind side of the runway, which resulted in a wake turbulence encounter, loss of control in flight, and uncontrolled descent onto the runway. A factor was the pilot's lack of experience in…
- [NTSB NYC95IA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC95IA178.md): British Aerospace RJ-70 · New York, NY · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jul 25, 1995 · N833BE · No damage
  > the aileron interconnect became uncoupled, when an abrupt and/or large aileron movement was made in response to a wake turbulence encounter, while on a VOR approach with the autopilot engaged. A factor relating to the incident was: inadequate in-flight…
- [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.

## 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 year(c."eventDate") = 1995
  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&year=1995

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