The National Transportation Safety Board hopes the National Weather Service will create additional guidance for pilots about the hazards surrounding non-convective turbulence conditions, as well as provide additional formal training to NWS forecasters to encourage consistency of analysis, interpretation and forecasting of low-level turbulence.
NTSB Recommends Improved Consistency on Turbulence Reporting by the National Weather Service
Key Takeaways:
- The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommends the National Weather Service (NWS) develop additional guidance for pilots on non-convective turbulence and provide formal training to forecasters for consistent low-level turbulence analysis and forecasting.
- These recommendations stem from an ongoing investigation into a 2017 fatal air ambulance crash in Amarillo, Texas, where low-level turbulence may have been present, but no specific advisories were active for the location.
- The NTSB found inconsistencies in NWS forecasters' criteria for issuing local turbulence advisories, especially when convective advisories existed, and identified a lack of adequate formal training on low-level turbulence.
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