NTSB investigations, 1981
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.
Cases, newest first
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\") = 1981 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") = 1981 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 ATL82FA014Accident · 1 fatalClosedBalzer DSK-1 · Washington, NCNTSB ATL82FA013Accident · 2 fatalClosedHughes 269A · Elizabethton, TNNTSB SEA82DYM03Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Ukiah, ORNTSB MKC82FA004Accident · 2 fatalClosedBeech G33 · Rushville, MONTSB MKC82DCD03Accident · No injuriesClosedCallair A-9B · Fostoria, IANTSB MIA82DLD04Accident · No injuriesClosedHeath Para · Mulberry, FLNTSB MIA82DLA03Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna A188B · Carrabelle, FLNTSB LAX82FVD03Accident · 1 fatalClosedStits SA3A · Tracy, CANTSB LAX82DVD02Accident · No injuriesClosedWilder OFA-1 · Livermore, CANTSB FTW82DQG05Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-25 · Tahoka, TXNTSB DEN82FTI05Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-30 · Sheridan, MTNTSB DEN82FTI04Accident · No injuriesClosedBellanca 7GCBC · Fairfield, MTNTSB CHI82FER08Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Long Prairie, MNNTSB CHI82DA010Accident · Serious injuriesClosedMooney M20J · Effingham, ILNTSB ATL82FKQ07Accident · Serious injuriesClosedGrumman G-164B · Hollandale, MSNTSB ATL81FKG05Accident · No injuriesClosedHughes 269C · Atlanta, GANTSB ANC82DAD02Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182 · Sullivan River, AKNTSB SEA82DYK03Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBeech 76 · Sutherlin, ORNTSB MKC82FA003Accident · 2 fatalClosedCessna 182P · Essex, IANTSB LAX82FUJ04Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna P210 · Phoenix, AZNTSB LAX82DUJ15Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Lk Havasu Cy, AZNTSB FTW82FA017Accident · Serious injuriesClosedBell 206L-1 · Ingleside, TXNTSB DEN82FTE06Accident · No injuriesClosedBell 206B · Colorado Spgs, CONTSB CHI82FEK02Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 210L · Columbus, OHNTSB CHI82FEI01Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech D18S · Concord, OHNTSB CHI82FA009Accident · 3 fatalClosedPiper PA-24 · Kerrick, MNNTSB ATL82FLJ02Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-24 · Chapel Hill, NCNTSB MIA82FKJ01Incident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-23 · Pensacola, FLNTSB FTW82DPG02Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 177B · Crossett, ARNTSB DEN82FA005Accident · 3 fatalClosedPiper PA-28 · Provo, UTNTSB ATL82FKG04Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Swainsboro, GANTSB ATL82FA012Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper PA-28 · Powell, TNNTSB NYC82FA006Accident · 3 fatalClosedPiper PA-28 · Farmingdale, NYNTSB MKC82FCG04Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28R · Kansas City, KSNTSB LAX82FA009Accident · 3 fatalClosedCessna 310R · Elsinore, CANTSB LAX82FA008Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 172N · Prescott, AZNTSB LAX82DUJ03Accident · No injuriesClosedHughes 369HS · Salome, AZNTSB FTW82FQG04Accident · Serious injuriesClosedHughes 269C · Guthrie, TXNTSB FTW82DRA06Accident · No injuriesClosedBellanca 7ECA · Arcola, TXNTSB CHI82FEG01Accident · Serious injuriesClosedMonocoupe 113 · New Carlisle, OHNTSB ATL82FKG03Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 150F · Columbus, GANTSB NYC82FA005Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBeech 36 · Marlborough, NYNTSB MIA82FKT07Accident · 1 fatalClosedSuper Akro 1 · Miami, FLNTSB FTW82DRJ03Accident · Minor injuriesClosedGrum Amer AA-5A · Nacogdoches, TXNTSB FTW82DPJ03Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-22 · Seiling, OKNTSB DEN82FTI03Accident · No injuriesClosedBell 47D1 · Haugen, MTNTSB CHI82DER09Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-20 · Lakeville, MNNTSB CHI81DEP07Accident · No injuriesClosedBellanca 7ECA · Neenah, WINTSB ATL82FA011Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech 58 · Selma, ALNTSB MIA82FA006Accident · 3 fatalClosedLockheed 749 · St Thomas, VI