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 ATL82FIG02Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Frederick, MDNTSB ATL82DKJ02Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Hurtsboro, ALNTSB SEA82DYK01Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-18A · Burns, ORNTSB MIA81FKT01Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna P210N · Miami, FLNTSB FTW82FRG01Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna T337B · Port Isabel, TXNTSB FTW82FQA01Accident · Serious injuriesClosedSchweizer 2-33A · Los Lunas, NMNTSB FTW82FPA01Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 177 · Dallas, TXNTSB DEN82FTI01Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Helena, MTNTSB DEN82FTE01Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-32 · Akron, CONTSB CHI82FEK01Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · New Albany, OHNTSB CHI82DEV01Accident · Minor injuriesClosedSchweizer SGS126 · Monticello, ILNTSB CHI82DEP04Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna TR182 · Lake Geneva, WINTSB ATL82IA003Incident · No injuriesClosedBoeing 737 · Greensboro, NCNTSB ATL82FLQ01Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172RG · Wheeling, ILNTSB ATL82FIG01Accident · 2 fatalClosedBucker Jung 1.131 · Baltimore, MDNTSB ATL81FKQ02Accident · No injuriesClosedBellanca 14-19 · Benoit, MSNTSB MKC82FA001Accident · 2 fatalClosedVarga 2150A · Glenwood, IANTSB MKC82DCG02Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-38 · Forsyth, MONTSB MKC82DCG01Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Point Lookout, MONTSB LAX82FVA65Accident · Serious injuriesClosedHiller Acft FH1100 · Bakersfield, CANTSB LAX81DVG69Accident · No injuriesClosedSidewinder C-1 · Burney, CANTSB CHI82FER01Accident · Minor injuriesClosedVolksplane UP-1 · East Bethal, MNNTSB SEA82FYA01Accident · Serious injuriesClosedChampion 7ECA · Ola, IDNTSB MKC81FCA01Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-38 · Chesterfield, MONTSB MIA81FKT05Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172M · Opa Locka, FLNTSB FTW81DQG01Accident · No injuriesClosedRockwell S-2R · Garden City, TXNTSB DCA82AA001Accident · 3 fatalClosedLearjet 24 · Felt, OKNTSB CHI82FEP01Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150J · Waukesha, WINTSB ATL82IA002Incident · No injuriesClosedDouglas DC-10 · Baltimore, MDNTSB ATL82FA001Accident · 2 fatalClosedPiper PA-38 · Gadsden, ALNTSB ATL82DKW01Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Jacksboro, TNNTSB ANC82DAG02Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Iliamna, AKNTSB ANC82DAG01Accident · No injuriesClosedEnstrom F-28C · Big Lake, AKNTSB SEA81DYM48Accident · No injuriesClosedBell 47G3B1 · Albany, ORNTSB NYC81DHA24Accident · No injuriesClosedVeriviggen 1 · Reading, PANTSB FTW81DPG70Accident · No injuriesClosedAir Tractor AT-301 · Lonoke, ARNTSB ATL81FA118Accident · Serious injuriesClosedHughes 369A · Atlanta, GANTSB ANC81DAG96Accident · No injuriesClosedMooney M20K · Kasilof, AKNTSB NYC81FHA25Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 310 · Doylestown, PANTSB MIA81FA124Accident · 2 fatalClosedPiper PA-23 · Daytona Beach, FLNTSB LAX81FA134Accident · 2 fatalClosedCessna 414 · Tonopah, NVNTSB FTW82FPG69Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 150F · England, ARNTSB DEN81FTG21Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Lidgerwood, NDNTSB DEN81FTE73Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-24 · Parker, CONTSB CHI81FEX30Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Noblesville, INNTSB CHI81FEX29Accident · No injuriesClosedAerospatial AS350D · Lynnville, INNTSB ATL81FKQ29Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna A188B · Gore Springs, MSNTSB ATL81DIJ14Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Smithville, WVNTSB MKC81DCA26Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-38 · Poplar Bluff, MONTSB MIA81DKA09Accident · No injuriesClosedCurtis-Wrt C-46 · St.Croix, VI