Fatal NTSB investigations, VI

180,610 investigations by the National Transportation Safety Board since 1962: 174,589 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.

Defining event

Finding

Phase of flight

Aircraft model

Cases per year

19652026

Fatal NTSB investigations, VI per year, 1965–2026: 17 cases
1965	3
1967	1
1968	1
1970	2
1971	1
1976	2
1978	2
1979	1
1980	1
1981	3

Latest cases

Query with SQL

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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'VI' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA' AND c."highestInjuryLevel" = 'Fatal' ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC

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.\"eventStateOrRegion\" = 'VI' 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 c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'VI' 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.

NTSB MIA82FA006Accident · 3 fatalClosedLockheed 749 · St Thomas, VIOct 26, 1981 · HI-328 · Destroyed NTSB MIA81FA105Accident · 4 fatalClosedAero Comdr 680FL · St.Croix, VIAug 16, 1981 · N6600M · Destroyed NTSB MIA81FA099Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper PA-23 · St.Thomas, VIJul 23, 1981 · N1349P · Destroyed NTSB MIA80DA061Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper PA-28R · St.Thomas, VIMay 4, 1980 · N751R · Destroyed NTSB DCA79AA020Accident · 8 fatalClosedDehavilland DH-114 · St Croix, VIJul 24, 1979 · N575PR · Destroyed NTSB DCA78AA021Accident · 4 fatalClosedGrumman G-21A · St Thomas, VISep 2, 1978 · N7777V · Destroyed NTSB MIA78FA060Accident · 2 fatalClosedGrumman G-21 · St Thomas, VIApr 5, 1978 · N877A · Destroyed NTSB DCA76AZ025Accident · 37 fatalClosedBoeing 727 · St.Thomas, VIApr 27, 1976 · N1963 · Destroyed NTSB MIA76AM066Accident · 5 fatalClosedGrumman G-21A · St Croix, VIFeb 21, 1976 · N4772C · Destroyed NTSB MIA71AM091Accident · 8 fatalClosedBeech E18S · C.Amalie, VIApr 21, 1971 · N456T · Destroyed NTSB DCA71AZ014Accident · 2 fatalClosedBoeing 727 · St Thomas, VIDec 28, 1970 · N8790R · Destroyed NTSB DCA70AZ007Accident · 23 fatalClosedDouglas DC-9 · St.Croix, VIMay 2, 1970 · N935F · Destroyed NTSB MIA69A0029Accident · 3 fatalClosedBeech E18S · St.Thomas, VIDec 6, 1968 · N433AC · Destroyed NTSB MIA68A0054Accident · 2 fatalClosedAero Comdr 560E · Kingshill, VIDec 12, 1967 · N8448C · Destroyed NTSB MIA66A0031Accident · 3 fatalClosedBeech C-18S · St.Thomas, VISep 15, 1965 · N8063H · Destroyed NTSB MIA66A0010Accident · 8 fatalClosedDehavilland 106A · St.Thomas, VIJul 15, 1965 · N6503D · Destroyed NTSB UNK65X1397Accident · 4 fatalClosedCessna 182G · Virgin Gorda, VIFeb 6, 1965 · N3297S · Substantial damage