NTSB investigations
10,134 cases where the sequence of events included Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT).
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Query with SQL
duckdb -csv -c "SELECT c.\"ntsbNumber\", c.\"eventDate\", c.\"eventType\", c.\"eventCity\", c.\"eventStateOrRegion\", a.n_number, a.\"aircraftMake\", a.\"aircraftModel\", c.\"highestInjuryLevel\", c.\"totalFatal\", c.\"completionStatus\", c.report_url FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c.\"mKey\" AND a.position = 1 WHERE c.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT s.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s.\"tier2Number\" = '470' AND s.case_mkey IN (SELECT case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' WHERE \"isDefiningEvent\")) ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"
Prints the whole list as CSV. It reads the release’s Parquet files over HTTPS, so there’s nothing to download first. Install DuckDB to run it.
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1 WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT s.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s."tier2Number" = '470' AND s.case_mkey IN (SELECT case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' WHERE "isDefiningEvent")) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
Run it at the DuckDB prompt, or in any tool that reads Parquet over HTTPS. More ways to query the release are on Use the data.
NTSB ERA10CA353Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportLawwill Ted Zodiac 601XL · Waddy, KYA loss of engine power due to fuel starvation for undetermined reasons.NTSB CEN10CA359Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA28R · McGregor, TXA total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. Contributing to the severity of injuries was the airplane's lack of shoulder harnesses.NTSB ERA10CA339Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper J3C-65 · Thomaston, GAThe pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing.NTSB WPR10LA316Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMcGlashan T-51 Mustang · Columbia, CAA loss of engine power during approach due to thermal damage to the engine's electronic ignition module. Contributing to the accident was the builder’s placement of the ignition module near the engine’s exhaust.NTSB WPR10FA330Accident · 4 fatalField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-28R-180 · Dixon, MTThe pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed and aircraft control while maneuvering, resulting in an aerodynamic stall and collision with mountainous terrain.NTSB WPR10CA329Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCornett Steven M Glastar · Smiley Creek, IDThe pilot's decision to not use all available runway length and his delay in aborting the takeoff, which resulted in the airplane sliding off the end of the grass strip and colliding with a ditch.NTSB CEN10CA354Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 175 · Brainerd, MNThe pilot's loss of airplane control while taking off with gusting wind.NTSB ERA10LA335Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 210D · Babylon, NYThe loss of engine power due to the failure of the oil filter gasket and the subsequent engine oil depletion.NTSB ERA10CA333Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportQuartz Mountain Aerospace 11E · Inglis, FLA loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot's fuel mismanagement.NTSB CEN10CA362Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportHiller UH-12E · Grand Junction, COThe total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.NTSB CEN10CA344Accident · Serious injuriesData collectionFinal reportAir Creation GTE · Neenah, WIThe pilot's improper landing flare that resulted in a hard landing.NTSB WPR10LA313Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportDe Havilland DHC-1 · Port Orchard, WAA loss of engine power during initial climb due to water contamination in the fuel.NTSB CEN10CA436Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 310C · Ashdown, ARThe pilot’s loss of directional control during the takeoff roll and his lack of experience in the airplane.NTSB CEN10CA342Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportVans RV-12 · Salida, COThe pilot’s incorrect elevator trim setting and his inexperience in the airplane make/model.NTSB ANC10CA055Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 180 · Cooper Landing, AKThe pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during takeoff, resulting in an uncontrolled descent and collision with terrain.NTSB WPR10LA310Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportRice KR-2 · Richfield, UTA loss of engine power during initial climb due to a carburetor malfunction.NTSB CEN10LA339Accident · 1 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportAirborne Windsport Edge · Ft. Lupton, COThe pilot intentionally performed prohibited aerobatic maneuvers that damaged the carriage wing attachment hang point and collapsed the wing.NTSB WPR10WA309Accident · 1 fatalClass 5 · ForeignCessna 172N · Broken Hill, AustraliaOn June 21, 2010, about 0145 coordinated universal time, a Cessna 172N, VH-UFN, registered to a private owner, collided with water during an unknown flight phase near Broken Hill, New South Wales (NSW), Australia. The airplane was reported missing and was…NTSB WPR10LA307Accident · 1 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172N · Angels Camp, CAThe pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control while maneuvering.NTSB WPR10CA301Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 180 · Big Creek, IDThe pilot’s failure to maintain directional control while taxiing at an unfamiliar airstrip.NTSB ERA10LA323Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSchweizer 269C-1 · Asheville, NCThe pilot's failure to maintain forward airspeed, which resulted in a settling with power encounter.NTSB ERA10GA320Accident · 3 fatalFinal reportCessna T210L · Lock Haven, PAThe total loss of engine power resulting from the fatigue failure of the engine's number 2 cylinder exhaust valve. The fatigue failure was due to valve guide wear that led to excessive clearance between the valve and valve guide. Contributing to the accident…NTSB ERA10CA324Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 150G · Jasper, TNThe pilot under instruction's failure to maintain directional control during landing, and his failure to relinquish the flight controls when directed.NTSB CEN10LA334Accident · 1 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportDrone Paul E Pulsar III · Carmi, ILThe pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed after an aborted landing, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and impact with terrain.NTSB ERA10LA322Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172N · West Milford, NJThe student pilot’s control interference which resulted in a landing with a higher than normal airspeed, and the commercial pilot’s failure to initiate a go-around to avoid the runway overrun.NTSB CEN10CA330Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportTaylorcraft DCO-65 · Akron, OHThe loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.NTSB ANC10LA053Accident · 1 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportRobinson Helicopter R44 · Unalaska, AKThe pilot's inappropriate low altitude maneuvering, which resulted in a collision with terrain.NTSB WPR10LA306Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportLuscombe 11A · Merced, CAThe pilot’s inability to maintain airplane control during cruise flight due to the failure of the elevator trim tab as a result of missing hardware for the elevator control cable bellcrank to elevator torque tube attachment bracket.NTSB WPR10LA299Accident · 1 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportOliver Vans RV-9A · May, IDThe pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during maneuvering flight due to spatial disorientation. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's ingestion of an impairing level of over-the-counter medication.NTSB WPR10LA298Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportRobinson Helicopter R22 Beta · Hillsboro, ORA partial loss of engine power while on approach for undetermined reasons.NTSB ERA10CA321Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportAeronca 7BCM · Bolivar, TNThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing.NTSB CEN10CA343Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportAir Tractor AT-402B · Virden, ILThe pilot's decision to take off from a wet grass runway at an airplane weight and density altitude that precluded a normal takeoff and climb.NTSB CEN10CA329Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper/Wally'S Flyers J3C-65 · Crystal, MNThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the crosswind landing and the instructor pilot's delayed remedial action.NTSB CEN10CA326Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportRemos G3/600 · Trinidad, COA total loss of engine power in flight due to fuel exhaustion for unknown reasons.NTSB ERA10WA338Accident · 2 fatalForeign investigationBolkow BO105 · Buenos Aires, ArgentinaOn June 18, 2010, about 1118 universal Coordinated Time (UTC),an Bolkow BO-105, Argentina registration LV-WJX, operated by a private owner on a business flight, to photograph a automobile accident, collided with tall trees, overhead power lines, and struck…NTSB ERA10LA318Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportGlenn H Curtiss Museum Hudson Flyer · Penn Yan, NYThe pilot’s failure to maintain altitude after takeoff.NTSB ERA10LA317Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 401 · Plymouth, MAA total loss of engine power during final approach due to fuel starvation as a result of the pilot’s delayed configuration of the airplane for landing.NTSB WPR10LA297Accident · 2 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportBernhard Vans RV8 · Truckee, CAThe pilot's failure to maintain airplane control during a steep turn to final approach, which resulted in an inadvertent aerodynamic stall.NTSB ERA10LA316Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMcculloch Jerry RV-4 · Pageland, SCMaintenance personnel’s improper installation and inspection of the crankshaft idler gear, which resulted in a loss of engine power.NTSB ERA10CA329Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportNorth American SNJ-4 · Suffolk, VAThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing.NTSB CEN10FA322Accident · 3 fatalField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-23 · Rochester, MNThe loss of engine power and the pilot's subsequent loss of control for undetermined reasons.NTSB ERA10LA314Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAeronca 7AC · Sandersville, GAA total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.NTSB CEN10CA328Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportAmerican Champion 7GCBC · Arcola, TXThe student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the tailwheel-equipped airplane during the landing roll.NTSB WPR10LA293Accident · 2 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportRans Coyote II S6 · Lincoln, CAThe pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed while in a turn, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and subsequent loss of control. Contributing to the accident was the increased drag on the airplane with the doors removed.NTSB CEN10CA332Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper J3C-65 · Hot Springs, ARA total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation as a result of the pilot's inadvertent closure of the fuel valve. Contributing to the accident were the unmarked fuel shutoff valve and the pilot's inexperience in the accident airplane.NTSB WPR10CA327Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 172 · Cascade, IDThe pilot’s encounter with an unknown hole in the runway during the landing roll.NTSB ERA10CA310Accident · Serious injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 170 · Campbellsville, KYThe pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during an aborted landing.NTSB CEN10FA320Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportBeech A36 · Lidderdale, IAThe pilot's decision to initiate the flight in marginal weather conditions and his loss of aircraft control.NTSB CEN10FA316Accident · 4 fatalField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-28-181 · Umpire, ARThe pilot’s continued visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation.NTSB CEN10CA317Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportBell 47G · Plymouth, MIThe pilot's failure to use carburetor heat, which led to carburetor icing and a loss of engine power following takeoff.