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 MKC79DER03Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182RG · Wolverton, MNNTSB MIA79FLG03Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 182 · Clemson, SCNTSB MIA79DKJ07Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Alabaster, ALNTSB FTW79FRG05Accident · No injuriesClosedGreat Lakes 2T-1A · Fredericksburg, TXNTSB FTW78DA006Accident · No injuriesClosedBell 206B · Morgan City, LANTSB CHI79FEE08Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182 · Hinckley, ILNTSB CHI79FEC01Accident · 2 fatalClosedNord Stampe SV4C · Wixom, MINTSB SEA79FA004Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-32 · Mc Call, IDNTSB SEA79DYA03Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Idaho Falls, IDNTSB SEA79DTA02Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Miles City, MTNTSB OAK79FA003Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna T-210L · San Leandro, CANTSB NYC78FNC05Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172N · Brookline, NHNTSB MKC78FCG09Accident · Serious injuriesClosedGlobe GC-1B · Bolivar, MONTSB MIA79DLA05Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 310 · Cairo, GANTSB MIA79DKT17Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna P210N · Marco Island, FLNTSB LAX79FA006Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper PA32RT · Green Vly Lk, CANTSB LAX79FA005Accident · 3 fatalClosedBeech 35 · Williams, AZNTSB LAX79DUJ12Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 310I · Yuma, AZNTSB IAD79FIJ01Accident · Serious injuriesClosedMooney M20C · Grundy, VANTSB DEN79FA004Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 172 · Provo, UTNTSB ANC79DAG15Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 185 · Iliamna, AKNTSB ANC79DA009Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 207A · Atkasuk, AKNTSB OAK79FVD01Accident · Serious injuriesClosedHughes 500D · Garberville, CANTSB MKC79DER11Accident · No injuriesClosedRyan PT-22 · Webster, MNNTSB MKC78FCJ02Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182 · Maywood, NENTSB MIA79FLD07Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 337 · Sanford, FLNTSB MIA79FA002Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna T210M · Plymouth, FLNTSB FTW79FQG05Accident · No injuriesClosedHiller UH-12E · Stratford, TXNTSB FTW79FPD04Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172F · Pilot Point, TXNTSB CHI79DEE05Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · West Chicago, ILNTSB ANC79FAG16Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech 19 · Anchorage, AKNTSB ANC79FA008Accident · No injuriesClosedSoloy 12E · Ketchikan, AKNTSB MIA79FKG06Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Madison, GANTSB MIA79DKT05Accident · Serious injuriesClosedStinson 108-1 · Delray Beach, FLNTSB LAX79DUQ13Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Oxnard, CANTSB FTW79FQG04Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-34 · Crosbyton, TXNTSB CHI79FEV02Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Jacksonville, ILNTSB CHI79FEP04Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Tomahawk, WINTSB CHI79FEE03Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech 58 · Moline, ILNTSB CHI79DET01Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Peru, INNTSB LAX79FA004Accident · 1 fatalClosedLear Jet 24 · Lancaster, CANTSB FTW79DA005Accident · Serious injuriesClosedMorane-Saul MS760 · Alief, TXNTSB CHI79FA009Accident · 4 fatalClosedPiper PA-22 · Tell City, INNTSB NYC79FHJ02Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Brooklyn, NYNTSB NYC79DFA01Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBellanca 7ACA · Tupper Lake, NYNTSB MKC79FCG06Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-31 · Marshall, MONTSB MIA79FLG02Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Columbia, SCNTSB MIA79DKJ05Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152T · Dothan, ALNTSB DEN79FTE01Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-22 · Olney Springs, CONTSB CHI79DEG01Accident · No injuriesClosedLake LA-4 · Hamilton, OH