Overall Trends
Total, fatal, and serious accidents in the selected range.
Search investigations, review source evidence, monitor watched reports, and trace long-term patterns from one calm, data-first workspace.
Fast key and full-text search with live filters, watches, and precise metadata.
Use quotes for exact phrase matches (for example "fuel selector valve").
Track fatal and non-fatal accident patterns across Part 91, Part 135, and Part 121 operations.
Major cases, deep-report coverage, and investigation media across decades of NTSB history.
Move quickly by aircraft, airport, operator, and time with indexes built for research, not wandering.
NTSB Reports is an independent research and search tool for public aviation accident and incident records. It brings NTSB aviation reports, structured fields, docket files, extracted figures, photos, videos, and update history into one searchable interface.
The goal is practical safety education: make it faster to find relevant investigations, compare similar events, review factual records, and understand the evidence behind probable-cause and preliminary reports.
The investigative work and source records belong to the National Transportation Safety Board and the published investigation record. This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the NTSB.
Newark, NJ
Prior to departure, the pilot obtained a company generated full weather briefing for the intended route of flight, which did not call for turbulence. During cruise flight at 16,000 feet, the flight encountered unforecasted turbulence. During the encounter, a flight attendant fell and fractured a bone in her foot.
an encounter with unforecasted turbulence, during cruise flight, which resulted in serious injury to the flight attendant.
On April 7, 1997, about 0800 eastern daylight time, an Airbus A320-232, N413UA, operated by United Airlines as flight 203, encountered turbulence during cruise flight. Five crew members and 39 passengers were not injured, and 1 flight attendant received serious injuries. The airplane was not damaged. The flight had departed the General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport (BOS), Boston, Massachusetts, about 0725, destined for Newark International Airport (EWR), Newark, New Jersey. An instrument flight rules flight plan had been filed for the scheduled domestic flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 121. According to a United Airlines representative, the pilot obtained a company generated full weather briefing which did not call for turbulence for the route of flight. The flight was routed to EWR via BOS, GLYDE intersection, V292, V213, SAX, EWR, at 16,000 feet. While en route, during cruise, the flight encountered unexpected and unforecasted turbulence. A flight attendant working with trays in the aft cabin fell, and fractured a bone in her foot. The weather at BOS at 0656 and 0756 respectively reported winds from 220 degrees at 8 knots; visibility 2 1/2 miles with fog; ceiling 400 broken; 600 overcast; temperature and dew point 55 degrees Fahrenheit; altimeter 29.68" Hg; and winds from 230 degrees at 8 knots; visibility 3 miles with fog; 400 scattered; 600 scattered; ceiling 1200 overcast; temperature 56 degrees Fahrenheit; dewpoint 55 degrees Fahrenheit; altimeter 29.70" Hg.