NTSB investigations, 1978
180,624 investigations by the National Transportation Safety Board since 1962: 174,602 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\") = 1978 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") = 1978 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 DEN79DQA04Accident · No injuriesClosedScorpion 133 · Tucumcari, NMNTSB SEA79DYK02Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 182P · Silver Lake, ORNTSB OAK79DVG04Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna T210 · Oroville, CANTSB MIA79FKA01Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 172 · San Juan, PRNTSB LAX79FUJ09Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 172N · Scottsdale, AZNTSB LAX79FA007Accident · 2 fatalClosedCessna 182P · Whiteriver, AZNTSB FTW79DRD05Accident · Minor injuriesClosedGrum Amer AA-1B · Thibodaux, LANTSB CHI79FET03Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech 99 · South Bend, INNTSB CHI79FEI04Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 172M · Salem, OHNTSB CHI79FEE68Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Elgin, ILNTSB CHI79FA011Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper PA-24 · Ashton, ILNTSB OAK79FVW01Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Henderson, NVNTSB OAK79FA005Accident · Minor injuriesClosedLear Jet 24D · Las Vegas, NVNTSB MIA79DA081Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-34 · Boca Raton, FLNTSB FTW79FPJ01Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper PA-25 · Hydro, OKNTSB FTW79FA007Accident · 2 fatalClosedMooney M20E · Texarkana, TXNTSB FTW79DRD04Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 185F · Lafitte, LANTSB FTW79DRD03Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 180G · Dulac, LANTSB DEN79FQA03Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182P · Grants, NMNTSB DEN79FA005Accident · 4 fatalClosedBeech 65-80 · Torreon, NMNTSB CHI79FEE06Accident · No injuriesClosedHughes 269C · West Chicago, ILNTSB CHI79DEE23Accident · No injuriesClosedRaven S60A · Fox River Grve, ILNTSB CHI79DEE07Accident · No injuriesClosedBalloon WKS FF7 · Grayslake, ILNTSB SEA79FYE02Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Port Townsend, WANTSB OAK79FA004Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper PA-28 · Galt, CANTSB OAK79DVG03Accident · No injuriesClosedBellanca BL-300 · Fall Riv Mills, CANTSB LAX79FUJ06Accident · Minor injuriesClosedMaule M-4 · Phoenix, AZNTSB LAX79FUG02Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 182L · La Verne, CANTSB CHI79FEX03Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-31 · Indianapolis, INNTSB ANC79DAG17Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna U206A · Hooper Bay, AKNTSB SEA79FYA04Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 182A · Jamieson, ORNTSB SEA79FTI02Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna T210L · Great Falls, MTNTSB SEA79DYM03Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 180 · Sumpter, ORNTSB NYC79FGT02Accident · 1 fatalClosedGyrocopter JW-1 · Smoketown, PANTSB NYC79DNC07Accident · No injuriesClosedAeronca 7AC · N.Hampton, NHNTSB NYC79DNC06Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 305A · Rochester, NHNTSB MIA79FLD08Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 140 · Groveland, FLNTSB LAX79FUQ05Accident · No injuriesClosedBellanca 8KCAB · Los Alamos, CANTSB LAX79FUJ05Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna T337B · Marana, AZNTSB LAX79DUJ08Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna TU206G · Gila Bend, AZNTSB LAX79DUJ07Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-32 · Sun City, AZNTSB FTW79DRA01Accident · No injuriesClosedLet-Np-K L-13 · Cypress, TXNTSB DEN79FTE02Accident · Minor injuriesClosedGrumman AA-5A · Colorado Spgs, CONTSB CHI79FEX02Accident · 1 fatalClosedCassutt LSS · Cloverdale, INNTSB CHI79FEI02Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · South Bend, INNTSB SEA79FYM02Accident · No injuriesClosedGrum Amer AA5-A · Hillsboro, ORNTSB SEA79FA006Accident · 4 fatalClosedGrum Amer AA-5B · Roche Harbor, WANTSB SEA79FA005Accident · 5 fatalClosedRolladn SCH LS-1-F · Ephrata, WANTSB MKC79FCG08Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-22 · Ozark, MONTSB MKC79FCA02Accident · No injuriesClosedBell 47J-2 · St Louis, MO