Fatal NTSB investigations, 1990, Outside the U.S.
180,658 investigations by the National Transportation Safety Board since 1962: 174,636 accidents, the rest incidents and other occurrences. Each has NTSB’s narrative and, once the investigation is done, its probable cause; since 2008, its findings and sequence of events.
Cases per year
| 1962 | 1 |
|---|---|
| 1964 | 20 |
| 1965 | 18 |
| 1966 | 15 |
| 1967 | 16 |
| 1968 | 16 |
| 1969 | 14 |
| 1970 | 14 |
| 1971 | 11 |
| 1972 | 17 |
| 1973 | 16 |
| 1974 | 11 |
| 1975 | 11 |
| 1976 | 1 |
| 1977 | 6 |
| 1978 | 11 |
| 1979 | 2 |
| 1981 | 1 |
| 1982 | 1 |
| 1983 | 1 |
| 1984 | 3 |
| 1985 | 3 |
| 1986 | 2 |
| 1987 | 9 |
| 1988 | 11 |
| 1989 | 8 |
| 1990 | 8 |
| 1991 | 9 |
| 1992 | 11 |
| 1993 | 11 |
| 1994 | 10 |
| 1995 | 24 |
| 1996 | 37 |
| 1997 | 37 |
| 1998 | 43 |
| 1999 | 53 |
| 2000 | 77 |
| 2001 | 66 |
| 2002 | 59 |
| 2003 | 71 |
| 2004 | 75 |
| 2005 | 97 |
| 2006 | 89 |
| 2007 | 87 |
| 2008 | 90 |
| 2009 | 90 |
| 2010 | 98 |
| 2011 | 120 |
| 2012 | 119 |
| 2013 | 124 |
| 2014 | 107 |
| 2015 | 130 |
| 2016 | 131 |
| 2017 | 133 |
| 2018 | 137 |
| 2019 | 140 |
| 2020 | 91 |
| 2021 | 107 |
| 2022 | 125 |
| 2023 | 98 |
| 2024 | 110 |
| 2025 | 109 |
| 2026 | 109 |
Latest cases
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 year(c.\"eventDate\") = 1990
AND c.\"eventCountry\" <> 'USA'
AND c.\"highestInjuryLevel\" = 'Fatal'
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") = 1990 AND c."eventCountry" <> 'USA' AND c."highestInjuryLevel" = 'Fatal' 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.
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