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EMBRAER ERJ 190 100 IGWJetBlue Airways
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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- 23:35:33 UTCFDRDescentp.2Turbulence encounter seemed to happen while the aircraft was descending through a pressure altitude of 7,870 feetsee the traces at this moment ↗
- 23:35:33 UTC (approx., over a 2-second period)FDRDescentp.2Vertical g's varied between -0.21 to +1.38 over a 2-second periodsee the traces at this moment ↗
- 23:35:33 UTCFDRDescentp.2The autopilot was engaged during the turbulence encounter and during the flight surrounding this timesee the traces at this moment ↗
- 23:35:33 UTCFDRDescentp.2Roll, pitch, and airspeed fluctuated around the time of the assumed encountersee the traces at this moment ↗
QUICK ACCESS RECORDER - SPECIALISTA��S FACTUAL REPORT · 4 events extracted by claude-sonnet-5
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- EMBRAER ERJ 170-10 · REPUBLIC AIRLINE INCKansas City, MO
- ●Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulence
Turbulence encounter - EMBRAER EMB170 · Republic Airlines Inc.,Norfolk, VA
- ●Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulence
Turbulence encounter - AIRBUS A320 232 · jetBlue AirwaysBoston, MA
- ●Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulence
Turbulence encounter - AIRBUS A320-232 · JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPAtlantic Ocean, AO
- ●Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulence
Turbulence encounter - Embraer ERJ170 · Envoy AirlinesPlainfield, IL
- ●Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulence
Turbulence encounter - AIRBUS A321 231 · SPIRIT AIRLINES INCFort Lauderdale, FL
- ●Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulence
Turbulence encounter - BOEING 787 · UNITED AIR LINES INCBeaumont, TX
- ●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
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
- 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.
- DCA09FA0682009-07-27 · EMBRAER EMB170 · Republic Airlines Inc.,
an inadvertent encounter with convective turbulence that resulted in serious injuries to a flight attendant.
- DCA17CA1112017-05-02 · AIRBUS A320 232 · jetBlue Airways
an inadvertent encounter with convective turbulence.
- DCA26LA1652026-03-19 · AIRBUS A320-232 · JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP
The airplane’s encounter with turbulence resulted in serious injuries to a flight attendant who was not seated due to completion of arrival compliance checks.
- DCA20CA1222020-07-09 · Embraer ERJ170 · Envoy Airlines
an encounter with convective turbulence.
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).