EMBRAER EMB170Republic Airlines Inc.,
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- takeoffAircraft took off and climbed to approximately 23,000 ft where the event occurred
- about 610 seconds after takeoffAutopilot disengaged; about five seconds later the aircraft experienced rapidly changing vertical and lateral accelerations lasting approximately 25 seconds; largest vertical accelerations +1.79 g and -0.43 g, largest lateral +0.20 g and -0.18 g
- 45 seconds after disengagementAutopilot re-engaged as the accelerations returned to normal
- 40 minutes after the eventAircraft landed
- Enroute-climb to cruise: Turbulence encounter
Precedents
8 closest casesranked by what happened, in the Board's words, and by the findings and occurrences it coded- EMBRAER ERJ 170-10 · REPUBLIC AIRLINE INCKansas City, MO
- ●Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulence
Turbulence encounter - EMBRAER ERJ 170 100 SE · SHUTTLE AMERICA CORPRaleigh, NC
- ●Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulence
Turbulence encounter - EMBRAER EMB-145LR · AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES INCKansas City, MO
- ●Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulence
Turbulence encounter - BOEING 787 · UNITED AIR LINES INCBeaumont, TX
- ●Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulence
Turbulence encounter - AIRBUS A321 231 · American AirlinesJamaica, NY
- ●Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulence
Turbulence encounter - MCDONNELL DOUGLAS MD88 · Dynamic Airways, LLCMiami, FL
- ●Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulence
Turbulence encounter - BOEING 767 · International Lease Finance CorpPago Pago, AQ
- ●Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulence
Turbulence encounter - BOMBARDIER INC CL600-2D24 · Mesa AirlinesFlorence, SC
- ●Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulence
Turbulence encounter
What the record says
a pattern, not a findingacross the 8 closest cases · 8 carry coded findings · 8 have a probable cause- 8 of 8Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulencecited here too
- 8 of 8Turbulence encounter
- Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulence
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A teaching device, not a verdict: what the record would have looked at, next to what the Board found.
- CEN09LA1062008-12-27 · EMBRAER ERJ 170-10 · REPUBLIC AIRLINE INC
An in-flight encounter with turbulence, which resulted in a serious injury to a flight attendant.
- DCA16CA0412016-01-03 · EMBRAER ERJ 170 100 SE · SHUTTLE AMERICA CORP
an encounter with turbulence resulting in a serious injury to a flight attendant.
- CEN11LA2502011-03-26 · EMBRAER EMB-145LR · AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES INC
An in-flight encounter with convectively induced turbulence associated with developing thunderstorms under the flight path during the airplane's climb to cruise flight.
- DCA16CA0212015-11-07 · BOEING 787 · UNITED AIR LINES INC
An inadvertent encounter with convective turbulence resulting in serious injury to a flight attendant.
- DCA16CA2022016-06-12 · AIRBUS A321 231 · American Airlines
an encounter with convective turbulence that resulted in a flight attendant injury.
This is the pattern in the NTSB’s own record across similar accidents — which findings it cited, what it coded, what it recommended. It is drawn from the record, not written about this case, and it never assigns blame: investigations exist to prevent the next accident (ICAO Annex 13).