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.

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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"

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NTSB MKC69D0250Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Lake City, KSOct 19, 1968 · N7810E · Substantial damageNTSB MKC69D0246Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 170 · Almelund, MNOct 19, 1968 · N2632V · Substantial damageNTSB MIA69D0219Accident · Minor injuriesClosedSchleicher AS-K13 · Homestead, FLOct 19, 1968 · N1618 · Substantial damageNTSB LAX69F0178Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-18A · Corona, CAOct 19, 1968 · N3788P · Substantial damageNTSB FTW69D0288Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-25 · Wisner, LAOct 19, 1968 · N7226Z · Substantial damageNTSB FTW69A0027Accident · 1 fatalClosedAeronca 65-CA · Joshua, TXOct 19, 1968 · N31846 · DestroyedNTSB DEN69F0124Accident · No injuriesClosedLuscombe 8A · Anapra, NMOct 19, 1968 · N71363 · Substantial damageNTSB LAX69A0023Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 402 · Santa Ana, CAOct 18, 1968 · N3299Q · Minor damageNTSB LAX68D0172Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Bakersfield, CAOct 18, 1968 · N8915S · Substantial damageNTSB CHI69A0042Accident · 4 fatalClosedCessna 172 · Brighton, MIOct 18, 1968 · N8656B · DestroyedNTSB CHI69A0041Accident · 7 fatalClosedBeech 65-A90 · Cleveland, OHOct 18, 1968 · N703WC · DestroyedNTSB SEA69A0024Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 310C · Burley, IDOct 17, 1968 · N1761H · Substantial damageNTSB OAK69A0022Accident · 3 fatalClosedMooney M20F · Cotage Grove, OROct 17, 1968 · N78889 · DestroyedNTSB MKC69F0236Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Western, NEOct 17, 1968 · N9419W · Substantial damageNTSB LAX69D0162Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech N35 · Sedona, AZOct 17, 1968 · N1202Z · Substantial damageNTSB FTW69D0282Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-25 · Midland, TXOct 17, 1968 · N4901Y · Substantial damageNTSB DIA69A0022Accident · 4 fatalClosedCessna 182J · Front Royal, VAOct 17, 1968 · N3524F · DestroyedNTSB DEN69D0143Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Colo Springs, COOct 17, 1968 · N8880G · Substantial damageNTSB DEN69D0133Accident · No injuriesClosedErco 415-C · Littleton, COOct 17, 1968 · N99905 · Substantial damageNTSB CHI69D0284Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech A23-19 · Roselle, ILOct 17, 1968 · N4787J · Substantial damageNTSB CHI69A0043Accident · 2 fatalClosedRepublic RC-3 · Lake Erie, OHOct 17, 1968 · N6194K · DestroyedNTSB SEA69F0159Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBoeing A75N1 · Sprague, WAOct 16, 1968 · N56919 · Substantial damageNTSB SEA69F0147Accident · No injuriesClosedMooney M-18LA · Mount Angel, OROct 16, 1968 · N4097 · Substantial damageNTSB NYC69D0231Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Montpelier, VTOct 16, 1968 · N6556W · Substantial damageNTSB MKC6.A0026Accident · 2 fatalClosedBeech T-34A · Glencoe, MNOct 16, 1968 · N10586 · DestroyedNTSB FTW69D0287Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBeech J35 · Natchitoches, LAOct 16, 1968 · N523B · Substantial damageNTSB FTW69A0026Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-32 · Tyler, TXOct 16, 1968 · N5518J · Substantial damageNTSB DEN69F0132Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182A · Cedar City, UTOct 16, 1968 · N4968D · Substantial damageNTSB DEN69A0020Accident · 2 fatalClosedBeech S35 · Las Cruces, NMOct 16, 1968 · N5785K · DestroyedNTSB NYC69F0210Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 150J · Morristown, NJOct 15, 1968 · N50589 · Substantial damageNTSB MKC69F0221Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Wakeeney, KSOct 15, 1968 · N6064A · Substantial damageNTSB MKC69A0025Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper PA-23 · Colby, KSOct 15, 1968 · N6515Y · DestroyedNTSB MKC69A0024Accident · 2 fatalClosedBeech 95 · Kansas City, KSOct 15, 1968 · N8217D · DestroyedNTSB MIA69F0440Accident · No injuriesClosedCallair A-9B · Meigs, GAOct 15, 1968 · N7640V · DestroyedNTSB MIA69F0270Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 210 · Villa Rica, GAOct 15, 1968 · N100B · Substantial damageNTSB MIA69A0023Accident · 4 fatalClosedBeech F35 · Deland, FLOct 15, 1968 · N5033B · DestroyedNTSB LAX69F0159Accident · Serious injuriesClosedNardi FN333 · Pomona, CAOct 15, 1968 · N913NS · Substantial damageNTSB DIA69D0091Accident · No injuriesClosedHughes 269B · Washington, DCOct 15, 1968 · N9474F · Substantial damageNTSB DIA69A0021Accident · 1 fatalClosedBeech H35 · Gastonia, NCOct 15, 1968 · N5466D · DestroyedNTSB CHI69F0345Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBellanca 17-30 · Watervliet, MIOct 15, 1968 · N4893V · Substantial damageNTSB CHI69D0313Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 170B · Eureka, MIOct 15, 1968 · N2788D · Substantial damageNTSB ANC69A0023Accident · 1 fatalClosedBell 47J-2 · Prudhoe Bay, AKOct 15, 1968 · N8438E · DestroyedNTSB OAK69F0156Accident · 2 fatalClosedPiper PA-28 · Mt View, HIOct 14, 1968 · N5433W · DestroyedNTSB MIA69F0196Accident · No injuriesClosedMooney M20F · Chattanooga, TNOct 14, 1968 · N9703M · Substantial damageNTSB MIA69D0221Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Daytona Beach, FLOct 14, 1968 · N46123 · Substantial damageNTSB DEN69D0130Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 180 · Steamboat Sg, COOct 14, 1968 · N4660B · Substantial damageNTSB DEN69D0127Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 170B · Whites City, NMOct 14, 1968 · N2953D · Substantial damageNTSB CHI69F0404Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech A23 · Cleveland, OHOct 14, 1968 · N5761V · Substantial damageNTSB SEA69F0142Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech F35 · Dillon, MTOct 13, 1968 · N3899B · Substantial damageNTSB SEA69D0113Accident · No injuriesClosedStinson 108-3 · Gooding, IDOct 13, 1968 · N4017C · Substantial damage