NTSB investigations, 1968
180,630 investigations by the National Transportation Safety Board since 1962: 174,609 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\") = 1968 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") = 1968 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 MKC69D0250Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Lake City, KSNTSB MKC69D0246Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 170 · Almelund, MNNTSB MIA69D0219Accident · Minor injuriesClosedSchleicher AS-K13 · Homestead, FLNTSB LAX69F0178Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-18A · Corona, CANTSB FTW69D0288Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-25 · Wisner, LANTSB FTW69A0027Accident · 1 fatalClosedAeronca 65-CA · Joshua, TXNTSB DEN69F0124Accident · No injuriesClosedLuscombe 8A · Anapra, NMNTSB LAX69A0023Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 402 · Santa Ana, CANTSB LAX68D0172Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Bakersfield, CANTSB CHI69A0042Accident · 4 fatalClosedCessna 172 · Brighton, MINTSB CHI69A0041Accident · 7 fatalClosedBeech 65-A90 · Cleveland, OHNTSB SEA69A0024Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 310C · Burley, IDNTSB OAK69A0022Accident · 3 fatalClosedMooney M20F · Cotage Grove, ORNTSB MKC69F0236Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Western, NENTSB LAX69D0162Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech N35 · Sedona, AZNTSB FTW69D0282Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-25 · Midland, TXNTSB DIA69A0022Accident · 4 fatalClosedCessna 182J · Front Royal, VANTSB DEN69D0143Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Colo Springs, CONTSB DEN69D0133Accident · No injuriesClosedErco 415-C · Littleton, CONTSB CHI69D0284Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech A23-19 · Roselle, ILNTSB CHI69A0043Accident · 2 fatalClosedRepublic RC-3 · Lake Erie, OHNTSB SEA69F0159Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBoeing A75N1 · Sprague, WANTSB SEA69F0147Accident · No injuriesClosedMooney M-18LA · Mount Angel, ORNTSB NYC69D0231Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Montpelier, VTNTSB MKC6.A0026Accident · 2 fatalClosedBeech T-34A · Glencoe, MNNTSB FTW69D0287Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBeech J35 · Natchitoches, LANTSB FTW69A0026Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-32 · Tyler, TXNTSB DEN69F0132Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182A · Cedar City, UTNTSB DEN69A0020Accident · 2 fatalClosedBeech S35 · Las Cruces, NMNTSB NYC69F0210Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 150J · Morristown, NJNTSB MKC69F0221Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Wakeeney, KSNTSB MKC69A0025Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper PA-23 · Colby, KSNTSB MKC69A0024Accident · 2 fatalClosedBeech 95 · Kansas City, KSNTSB MIA69F0440Accident · No injuriesClosedCallair A-9B · Meigs, GANTSB MIA69F0270Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 210 · Villa Rica, GANTSB MIA69A0023Accident · 4 fatalClosedBeech F35 · Deland, FLNTSB LAX69F0159Accident · Serious injuriesClosedNardi FN333 · Pomona, CANTSB DIA69D0091Accident · No injuriesClosedHughes 269B · Washington, DCNTSB DIA69A0021Accident · 1 fatalClosedBeech H35 · Gastonia, NCNTSB CHI69F0345Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBellanca 17-30 · Watervliet, MINTSB CHI69D0313Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 170B · Eureka, MINTSB ANC69A0023Accident · 1 fatalClosedBell 47J-2 · Prudhoe Bay, AKNTSB OAK69F0156Accident · 2 fatalClosedPiper PA-28 · Mt View, HINTSB MIA69F0196Accident · No injuriesClosedMooney M20F · Chattanooga, TNNTSB MIA69D0221Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Daytona Beach, FLNTSB DEN69D0130Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 180 · Steamboat Sg, CONTSB DEN69D0127Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 170B · Whites City, NMNTSB CHI69F0404Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech A23 · Cleveland, OHNTSB SEA69F0142Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech F35 · Dillon, MTNTSB SEA69D0113Accident · No injuriesClosedStinson 108-3 · Gooding, ID