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BOEING 737-924ERUNITED AIR LINES INC
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- 0935 CDT (October 25, 2015, per event summary text)United Airlines flight #1904 encountered moderate to severe turbulence 20 miles west of ICT at FL270 while enroute to Orlando International Airport (ORD). The seatbelt sign was on. There were no passenger injuries. Two flight attendants reported injuries.
- SRN 2980 to 3590Figure 2 is a segment of figure 1 during the turbulence event from SRN 2980 to 3590. Increases in all three accelerations are noticeable during this period.
Quick Access Recorder - Specialist's Factual Report · 2 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 787 · UNITED AIR LINES INCBeaumont, TX
- ●Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulence
Turbulence encounter - BOEING 737-7H4 · SOUTHWEST AIRLINES COLaverne, OK
- ●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 737-824 · UNITED AIRLINES INCDenver, CO
- ●Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulence
Turbulence encounter - BOEING 757 232 · 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 757-2B7 · U.S. Airways, Inc.Cheltenham, MD
- ●Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulence
Turbulence encounter - Boeing 737 · Southwest AirlinesAlbany, NY
- ●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
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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.
- WPR12LA1442012-03-20 · BOEING 737-7H4 · SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO
The airplane’s encounter with severe turbulence during cruise flight, which resulted in a serious injury to a flight attendant.
- DCA22LA1912022-08-29 · BOEING 717-200 · DELTA AIR LINES INC
An encounter with moderate turbulence during descent.
- DCA22LA1962022-09-01 · BOEING 737-824 · UNITED AIRLINES INC
An encounter with clear air turbulence, which resulted in a serious injury as a flight attendant was lowering her jumpseat.
- DCA14CA0362014-01-10 · BOEING 757 232 · DELTA AIR LINES INC
unexpected encounter with convective turbulence while the flight attendants were preparing for arrival.
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).