NTSB investigations, 1981
180,611 investigations by the National Transportation Safety Board since 1962: 174,590 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 FTW82FRA04Accident · No injuriesClosedHiller Acft UH-12C · La Porte, TXNTSB FTW82FPJ02Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Asher, OKNTSB FTW82AA016Accident · 1 fatalClosedBeech E90 · Mineral Wells, TXNTSB CHI82FER07Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Menahga, MNNTSB LAX82FVG03Accident · No injuriesClosedBensen B8M · Yolo, CANTSB LAX82FUA04Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBeech V35B · Fullerton, CANTSB FTW82FRG05Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-22 · Rio Hondo, TXNTSB FTW82FA015Accident · 2 fatalClosedCessna 150G · Broaddus, TXNTSB DEN82FTI02Accident · No injuriesClosedBell 206B · Whitehall, MTNTSB CHI82FA008Accident · 2 fatalClosedPiper PA-28 · Mooresville, INNTSB ATL82FID02Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA600A · Oak Grove, VANTSB ATL81FIA02Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper J-3 · Leesburg, VANTSB NYC82DHA06Accident · Minor injuriesClosedSchweizer SGS2 · Kutztown, PANTSB LAX82FVG02Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Fair Oaks, CANTSB LAX82FA007Accident · 3 fatalClosedCessna 172N · Foresthill, CANTSB LAX82FA006Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 421B · Camarillo, CANTSB FTW82KPG01Accident · 1 fatalClosedPitts S-1 · Jonesboro, ARNTSB FTW82DQG03Accident · No injuriesClosedMooney M20J · Farwell, TXNTSB DEN82FTE05Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Durango, CONTSB CHI82FEC05Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-22 · Howell, MINTSB CHI82DEP06Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Monroe, WINTSB MIA82FLA01Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCassutt III-M · St.Augustine, FLNTSB MIA82DKA03Accident · No injuriesClosedAero Comdr 520 · Cabo Rojo, PRNTSB LAX82FUA03Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech J35 · Torrance, CANTSB LAX82DUG02Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna T210 · Bermuda Dunes, CANTSB FTW82FRA05Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172N · Houston, TXNTSB FTW82DQG02Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182J · Muleshoe, TXNTSB FTW82DA014Accident · Serious injuriesClosedBoeing 727 · Dfw Airport, TXNTSB DEN82FTC01Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Powell, WYNTSB CHI82DEV03Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech B19 · Savoy, ILNTSB ATL82FKQ06Accident · 2 fatalClosedBeech 77 · Brandon, MSNTSB NYC82DHA02Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-32R · Princeton, NJNTSB LAX82FA005Accident · 1 fatalClosedBell 205A-1 · Fremont, CANTSB LAX82DVA06Accident · No injuriesClosedEnstrom F-28C · Shaver Lake, CANTSB LAX82DUJ02Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-38 · Show Low, AZNTSB CHI82FA007Accident · 4 fatalClosedCessna 172 · Kokomo, INNTSB ANC82DA005Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 170B · Missing AircraftNTSB LAX82FA004Accident · 3 fatalClosedPiper PA-28R · Tehachapi, CANTSB ATL82FKQ05Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 177RG · Pascagoula, MSNTSB ATL82DLQ02Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 182P · Hazard, KYNTSB ATL82DID01Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech 77 · Boones Mill, VANTSB MIA82DKA02Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Ponce, PRNTSB FTW82FRA02Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-24 · New Caney, TXNTSB FTW82FQA07Accident · No injuriesClosedStinson L-5 · Albuquerque, NMNTSB DEN82FA003Accident · Minor injuriesClosedAerospatial SA315B · Springville, UTNTSB CHI82FEV02Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 205 · Danville, ILNTSB CHI82FEP05Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Waukesha, WINTSB CHI82FEE03Accident · 1 fatalClosedSonerai II · Romeoville, ILNTSB CHI82DER05Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · New York Mills, MNNTSB NYC82FHD02Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 150H · Manahawkin, NJ