NTSB investigations: Pratt & Whitney PW2040

5 cases on aircraft whose registry engine model is Pratt & Whitney PW2040, where the first occurrence was “In flight encounter with weather”. Aircraft are matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model, so older matches can be wrong.

Cases per year

19962026
NTSB investigations: Pratt & Whitney PW2040 per year, 1996–2026: 5 cases
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Query with SQL
duckdb -csv -c "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 ('52121')
      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"

Prints the whole list as CSV. It reads the release’s Parquet files over HTTPS, so there’s nothing to download first. Install DuckDB to run it.

NTSB LAX07LA127Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBoeing 757-200 · Los Angeles, CAThe flight's encounter with a turbulence event that occurred while the flight attendants were unseated. Contributing to the accident was the apparent conflicting information provided by the flight deck to the flight attendants and the flight attendants'…Apr 12, 2007 · N525UA · No damageNTSB CHI06LA099Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBoeing 757-222 · Omaha, NEAn inadvertent encounter with unforecast mountain wave turbulence during cruise flight. A contributing factor was the mountain wave (terrain induced) turbulence.Mar 15, 2006 · N518UA · No damageNTSB CHI03LA113Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBoeing 757-222 · Lithonia, GAThe flight into adverse weather encountered by the flight crew, and the flight attendant's restraint not available when she was informed to take her seat. The convective associated turbulence was a contributing factor.Apr 21, 2003 · N504UA · No damageNTSB LAX02LA146Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBoeing 747-422 · Pacific Ocean (Pacific Ocean)An in-flight encounter with clear air turbulence and wind shear, which resulted in a serious injury to a flight attendant.May 1, 2002 · N182UA · No damageNTSB FTW96LA157Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBoeing B-757-222 · Taos, NMan encounter with unforecasted clear air turbulence.Mar 23, 1996 · N503UA · No damage