NTSB investigations, 2018
663 cases where NTSB found Environmental issues.
Cases per year
| 2008 | 933 |
|---|---|
| 2009 | 669 |
| 2010 | 591 |
| 2011 | 564 |
| 2012 | 566 |
| 2013 | 507 |
| 2014 | 612 |
| 2015 | 568 |
| 2016 | 665 |
| 2017 | 700 |
| 2018 | 663 |
| 2019 | 613 |
| 2020 | 441 |
| 2021 | 463 |
| 2022 | 428 |
| 2023 | 437 |
| 2024 | 426 |
| 2025 | 312 |
| 2026 | 149 |
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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 year(c.\"eventDate\") = 2018
AND c.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT f.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_findings.parquet' f WHERE starts_with(f.\"findingCode\", '03'))
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 year(c."eventDate") = 2018 AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT f.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_findings.parquet' f WHERE starts_with(f."findingCode", '03')) 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 ERA19LA081Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna LC41 · Apopka, FLA partial loss of engine power during a go-around for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information, which resulted in a forced landing.NTSB CEN19LA051Accident · 1 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA 23 · Beaver Island, MIThe pilot's failure to maintain a positive rate of climb after takeoff which resulted in an impact with trees and terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's inability to see a visible horizon due to the dark night lighting conditions and limited…NTSB GAA19CA106Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 172 · Caldwell, NJThe student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll.NTSB GAA19CA111Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 180 · Bend, ORThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control in gusting crosswind conditions.NTSB CEN19LA064Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Horseshoe Bay, TXThe pilot's inadequate preflight and in-flight fuel planning, which resulted in the total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB CEN19LA050Accident · 1 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportCessna R172K · Chesaning, MIThe pilot's loss of airplane control for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.NTSB WPR19CA052Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportRobinson R22 · Hayward, CAAn in-flight collision with a bird during low-altitude maneuvering, which resulted in a hard landing.NTSB GAA19CA119Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 172 · Sugar Land, TXThe student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff, which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with a sign.NTSB CEN19TA075Accident · Minor injuriesFinal reportMBB BK117 · Strum, WIThe pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the fire truck.NTSB ANC19CA009Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna A185 · Big Lake, AKThe pilot's improper decision to land on a roadway during dark night conditions with inoperable landing and taxi lights, which resulted in an impact with a snow berm.NTSB ERA19LA091Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCzech Sport Sportcruiser · Naples, FLCollision with a bird in flight, which resulted in damage to the engine, a fuel leak, and a subsequent total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.NTSB CEN19LA070Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172 · Abilene, TXThe pilot's failure to see and avoid a cell tower wire during a pipeline patrol flight. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's distraction due to writing down observations about the pipeline while flying.NTSB GAA19CA123Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 172 · Center, TXThe pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack during landing in gusting crosswind conditions, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.NTSB ERA19LA072Accident · 2 fatalClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportPiper PA46 · Mayport, FLAn in-flight loss of control following an encounter with supercooled large droplet icing conditions, which ultimately resulted in an uncontrolled descent and subsequent inflight breakup. Also causal was the pilot’s failure to maintain an appropriate airspeed…NTSB ERA19FA071Accident · 4 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 560 · Atlanta, GAThe pilot's loss of airplane control due to spatial disorientation during initial climb in instrument meteorological conditions.NTSB ERA19FA070Accident · 3 fatalField investigationFinal reportPiper PA28 · Blairsville, GAThe pilot's failure to maintain clearance from trees during a visual approach for landing in night visual meteorological conditions. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of recent experience flying at night.NTSB GAA19CA102Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportBeech 36 · Sedona, AZThe pilot's failure to maintain the proper airspeed during landing, which resulted in the airplane landing too fast and too far down the runway to safely stop it.NTSB GAA19CA103Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportRobinson R44 · Strykersville, NYThe structural failure of the home-built landing platform during landing, which resulted in the helicopter rolling over.NTSB ERA19LA069Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Bell Glade, FLA partial loss of engine power due to the No. 1 cylinder's valve keeper becoming dislodged, which ultimately resulted in the intake valve becoming stuck in the valve guide and in the loss of compression to the cylinder.NTSB GAA19CA098Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 170 · Riggins, IDThe pilot's improper preflight performance planning and his subsequent failure to attain sufficient speed for the airplane to climb with a tailwind.NTSB CEN19LA047Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportRans S12 · McClure, OHThe cold seizure of the cylinder/piston due to the pilot’s failure to adequately warm the engine before takeoff, which resulted in a loss of engine power during a departure climb.NTSB GAA19CA101Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportClifford E Massey AR-1 · Anahuac, TXThe pilot's improper landing flare in gusting crosswind conditions.NTSB GAA19CA097Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 180 · Moriarty, NMThe pilot's failure to see and avoid a parked glider while taxiing from the runway.NTSB ERA19LA073Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportLearjet 35 · Key West, FLThe flight crew’s encounter with windshear during the landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.NTSB CEN19LA045Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBrandt Sonex · Lodi, WIThe pilot's failure to maintain proper alignment with the runway during final approach, which resulted in impact with a tree.NTSB GAA19CA096Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportBeech 36 · Hartford, WIThe pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and impact with terrain during landing in icing conditions.NTSB GAA19CA095Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA28 · Chino, CAThe flight instructor's failure to maintain directional control during landing.NTSB GAA19CA091Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportZlin Z143 · Chester, CTThe pilot's loss of airplane control during the engine start.NTSB GAA19CA090Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportZenair CH 750 Cruzer · Hesperia, CAThe pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in hard, bounced landing, runway excursion, and impact with a hangar.NTSB DCA19IA036Incident · No injuriesClass 3 · IncidentFinal reportBoeing 737 · Burbank, CA(1) The flight crewmembers’ decision, due to plan continuation bias, to continue the approach despite indications of windshear and a higher-than-expected tailwind and (2) the flight crew’s misperception of the airplane’s touchdown point, which was farther…NTSB GAA19CA088Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA28 · Cornelia, GAThe flight instructor's failure to maintain the runway heading during an attempted takeoff in gusting crosswind conditions, which resulted in a collision with trees.NTSB DCA19CA034Accident · Serious injuriesClass 4 · Data collectionFinal reportBoeing 767 · SUNNS intersection, Osaka, JapanThe airplane’s encounter with severe turbulence.NTSB GAA19CA086Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 182 · Reno, NVThe airplane’s collision with a bird during a practice instrument approach.NTSB DCA19CA037Accident · Serious injuriesClass 4 · Data collectionFinal reportAirbus A320 · LAS Vegas, NVThe airplane’s encounter with severe turbulence.NTSB GAA19CA089Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper J4 · Forest, VAThe student pilot's improper landing flare and subsequent failure to maintain directional control during landing.NTSB ERA19FA059Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 210 · Apalachicola, FLThe pilot's controlled flight into terrain as a result of his spatial disorientation during departure in dark nighttime conditions.NTSB CEN19LA039Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 550 · Fargo, NDThe pilot's failure to lower the flaps during the approach and maintain sufficient airspeed while flying in instrument meteorological and icing conditions and the accumulation of ice on the wings’ leading edges, which resulted in the exceedance of the…NTSB GAA19CA080Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA 12 · Burlington, WAThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing in crosswind conditions.NTSB ERA19LA057Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCirrus SR22 · Kennesaw, GAThe total loss of engine power due to the interruption of oil circulation for reasons that could not be determined based on the available evidence.NTSB GAA19CA099Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportCirrus SR20 · Jasper, GAThe student pilot's exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack during a go-around, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall, and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action.NTSB GAA19CA079Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPilatus PC12 · Mesa, AZThe other pilot's failure to follow the air traffic controller’s instructions and his subsequent failure to maintain adequate lookout to see and avoid the other airplane on the taxiway.NTSB GAA19CA078Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportAir Tractor AT 502 · Americus, GAThe pilot's failure to see and avoid a power line during an agricultural application flight.NTSB ANC19LA008Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172 · Whittier, AKA total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined based on the available evidence.NTSB GAA19CA075Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportDarren M. Vinelli Sopwith PUP · Rio Vista, CAThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll in gusting tailwind conditions.NTSB GAA19CA094Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCirrus SR22 · Greenville, SCThe pilot's improper landing flare with a gusting, right quartering headwind, which resulted in a hard landing.NTSB GAA19CA072Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportBellanca 7GCBC · Benson, AZThe pilot's overcorrection during the landing, which resulted in a loss of directional control.NTSB GAA19CA077Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportScott Taylor Eclipse 10 · Kanab, UTThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff from an unimproved dirt road.NTSB GAA19CA074Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCirrus SR22 · Sand Creek, WIThe mechanic's failure to properly secure the air reference line, which resulted in a loss of engine power.NTSB WPR19TA034Accident · Minor injuriesClass 3Final reportCessna 172 · Colorado Springs, COThe pilot's decision to perform a touch-and-go landing at a high-density altitude airport, with a tailwind, and on an upsloping runway, which resulted in decreased airplane performance and the airplane’s inability to become airborne within the available…NTSB GAA19CA071Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA28 · Miami, FLThe other pilot's improper decision to taxi past another airplane occupying a taxiway and her subsequent failure to maintain clearance from the airplane.