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BOMBARDIER INC CL600 2D24MESA AIRLINES INC
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4 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- 1614 CDT (approximately 21:13:23 UTC)FDRcruisep.3Aircraft encountered turbulence near McCook, Nebraska, approximately 1 hour and 16 minutes after takeoffsee the traces at this moment ↗
- 21:13:23 UTC to 21:13:40 UTCFDRcruisep.3Vertical acceleration variations ranging between -0.55 g's and 1.64 g's recordedsee the traces at this moment ↗
- 21:13:23 UTC to 21:13:40 UTCFDRcruisep.3Pressure altitude started at about 37,000 feet, increased to 37,179 feet, and decreased back to about 37,000 feetsee the traces at this moment ↗
- approximately 1 hour 3 minutes after the event (approximately 22:16 UTC)FDRlandingp.3The aircraft landedsee the traces at this moment ↗
Flight Data Recorder - Specialist's Factual Report · 4 events extracted by claude-sonnet-5
How the Board coded the sequence
- Enroute-cruise: Turbulence encounter
Precedents
8 closest casesranked by what happened, in the Board's words, and by the findings and occurrences it coded- BOEING 767-224 · CONTINENTAL AIRLINES INCBavaro, DO
- ●Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulence
Turbulence encounter - BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2D24 · Endeavor AirGermantown, KY
- ●Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulence
Turbulence encounter - BOEING 767 · International Lease Finance CorpPago Pago, AQ
- ●Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulence
Turbulence encounter - BOEING 757 232 · DELTA AIR LINES INCAtlanta, GA
- ●Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulence
Turbulence encounter - AIRBUS A320 232 · JetBlue AirwaysWood, SD
- ●Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulence
Turbulence encounter - AIRBUS A321 · U.S Airways Inc.,Millville, NJ
- ●Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulence
Turbulence encounter - BOEING 767-322 · UNITED AIRLINES INCKingston, CB
- ●Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulence
Turbulence encounter - BOEING 777-232 · DELTA AIR LINES INCAtlanta, GA
- ●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
- Conditions/weather/phenomena › Convective weather
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
- DCA09IA0712009-08-03 · BOEING 767-224 · CONTINENTAL AIRLINES INC
The flight crew's inadvertent flight through the top of a convective updraft that resulted in an encounter with convective induced turbulence. Contributing to the severity of the incident was the unrestrained status of several passengers, contrary to the lighted seat belt sign.
- DCA25LA2722025-07-17 · BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2D24 · Endeavor Air
An inadvertent encounter with severe turbulence during descent.
- WPR11LA0712010-12-03 · BOEING 767 · International Lease Finance Corp
The airplane’s encounter with convectively-induced turbulence, which resulted in serious injury to one flight attendant.
- DCA14CA0362014-01-10 · BOEING 757 232 · DELTA AIR LINES INC
unexpected encounter with convective turbulence while the flight attendants were preparing for arrival.
- DCA16IA2152016-08-12 · AIRBUS A320 232 · JetBlue Airways
an inadvertent encounter with convective turbulence while in cruise flight.
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).