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BOEING 757 232DELTA AIR LINES INC
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5
timed facts
8
precedents
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5 timed factsthe recorder events from the FDR report, with the transcript's warnings, callouts, the words nearest each event and the final seconds — on one clock, as printed in each report- 06:20 ESTFDRtakeoffp.2Aircraft took off and climbed to a cruising pressure altitude of about 29,000 ftsee the traces at this moment ↗
- about 06:38 ESTFDRcruisep.2Pressure altitude decreased to 28,000 ft about 3 minutes before the descent begansee the traces at this moment ↗
- 06:41 ESTFDRdescentp.2Gradual descent began; over the next few minutes there were some perturbations in the acceleration parameterssee the traces at this moment ↗
- 06:46:33 ESTFDRdescentp.3A more pronounced set of fluctuations in the acceleration parameters lasting about 10 seconds: lateral acceleration went from 0.18 g to -0.12 g within 1 second; vertical acceleration peaked at 1.67 g and dipped to 0.51 g in just over a second; slight roll excursion from about +2.5 degrees right to -6.7 degrees left (turbulence encounter in which a flight attendant was seriously injured)see the traces at this moment ↗
- 07:06 ESTFDRlandingp.3Aircraft landed at ATLsee the traces at this moment ↗
Flight Data Recorder - Specialist's Factual Report · 5 events extracted by claude-fable-5-1 (in-session)
How the Board coded the sequence
- Enroute-descent: Turbulence encounter
Precedents
8 closest casesranked by what happened, in the Board's words, and by the findings and occurrences it coded- BOEING 787 · UNITED AIR LINES INCBeaumont, TX
- ●Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulence
Turbulence encounter - BOEING 777-232 · DELTA AIR LINES INCAtlanta, GA
- ●Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulence
Turbulence encounter - MCDONNELL DOUGLAS MD88 · Dynamic Airways, LLCMiami, FL
- ●Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulence
Turbulence encounter - Boeing 737 · Southwest AirlinesAlbany, NY
- ●Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulence
Turbulence encounter - BOEING 737-7H4 · SOUTHWEST AIRLINES COOrlando, FL
- ●Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulence
Turbulence encounter - BOEING 737-924ER · UNITED AIR LINES INCPlevna, KS
- ●Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulence
Turbulence encounter - BOEING 717-200 · DELTA AIR LINES INCDetroit, MI
- ●Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulence
Turbulence encounter - BOEING 757-2B7 · U.S. Airways, Inc.Cheltenham, MD
- ●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 causeFindings the Board cited in those cases
- 8 of 8Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulencecited here too
Occurrences it coded
- 8 of 8Turbulence encounter
Set against the Board’s own findings for this case
Cited here, and common in the precedents
- Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulence
Cited here, not seen in the precedents
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Common in the precedents, not cited here
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A teaching device, not a verdict: what the record would have looked at, next to what the Board found.
In the Board’s words — the closest cases
- DCA16CA0212015-11-07 · BOEING 787 · UNITED AIR LINES INC
An inadvertent encounter with convective turbulence resulting in serious injury to a flight attendant.
- DCA13CA1282013-07-12 · BOEING 777-232 · DELTA AIR LINES INC
Unexpected encounter with convective turbulence while the flight attendants were preparing the cabin for arrival.
- ERA11CA3672011-06-22 · MCDONNELL DOUGLAS MD88 · Dynamic Airways, LLC
The in-flight encounter with convective turbulence, resulting in an injury to a cabin attendant.
- DCA19CA2072018-10-15 · Boeing 737 · Southwest Airlines
an encounter with convective turbulence that resulted in a serious injury to a flight attendant.
- DCA22LA0012020-07-05 · BOEING 737-7H4 · SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO
An encounter with moderate turbulence during descent.
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).