NTSB investigations, 1978
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\") = 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 DEN79FA003Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 150J · Eunice, NMNTSB DEN79DQA02Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Albuquerque, NMNTSB OAK79DA001Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 182 · Monterey, CANTSB NYC79FHD02Accident · Minor injuriesClosedRyan ST-3KR · Albion, NJNTSB NYC79FA003Accident · 2 fatalClosedPiper PA-28R · Parsippany, NJNTSB NYC79DHA02Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Lehighton, PANTSB MIA79FKG03Accident · No injuriesClosedHelio Acft H-295 · Atlanta, GANTSB MIA79DLA03Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna A188B · Waycross, GANTSB IAD79IA003Incident · No injuriesClosedCessna 404 · Covington, KYNTSB FTW79FRG04Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 310B · Jourdanton, TXNTSB FTW79FRG02Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech E18S · Laredo, TXNTSB CHI79FEP03Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech V-35A · Richland Cntr, WINTSB CHI79FA007Accident · Serious injuriesClosedBeech G18 · Cleveland, OHNTSB ANC79DA007Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 402 · Chignik Lake, AKNTSB SEA79DYA02Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 172B · St.Anthony, IDNTSB SEA79DYA01Accident · No injuriesClosedBellanca 7GCBC · Hailey, IDNTSB OAK79FVD02Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-24 · Santa Rosa, CANTSB MKC79DCG03Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-30 · Nevada, MONTSB MKC79DCD02Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Williams, IANTSB MIA79FLG01Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182P · Hilton Head, SCNTSB FTW79FQG02Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBeech C18S · Amarillo, TXNTSB FTW79DPD02Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna A188B · Winters, TXNTSB CHI79FA006Accident · 2 fatalClosedPiper PA-24 · Baraboo, WINTSB CHI79DEE13Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Lanark, ILNTSB OAK79FVA03Accident · Minor injuriesClosedAero Comdr S2R · Five Points, CANTSB OAK79FJA01Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBell 206L · Waimea Cnyn, HINTSB OAK79DVA04Accident · Minor injuriesClosedThrush Cmdr S2R · Corcoran, CANTSB NYC79FGM04Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-22 · Franklin, PANTSB NYC79FGM03Accident · Serious injuriesClosedExprmntl KR-2 · Belle Vernon, PANTSB MKC79FCJ01Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-22 · Merriman, NENTSB IAD79FIG01Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Fort Meade, MDNTSB IAD79DKM02Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Liberty, NCNTSB IAD79DKM01Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-31 · Concord, NCNTSB FTW79DQG03Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 182B · Ozona, TXNTSB CHI79FEV01Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-36 · Metropolis, ILNTSB ANC79DA003Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna TU206E · Kenai, AKNTSB SEA79FTI01Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Belgrade, MTNTSB SEA79DYK01Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Sun River, ORNTSB OAK79FVM02Accident · No injuriesClosedErco 415-C · King City, CANTSB NYC79FNA03Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper J3 · Merrimac, MANTSB NYC79FNA02Accident · No injuriesClosedLake LA-4 · Tuckernuck Isl, MANTSB NYC79FFJ03Accident · Minor injuriesClosedAeronca 11AC · Collins, NYNTSB NYC79DNC04Accident · No injuriesClosedBirdman TL-1A · Hudson, NHNTSB MIA79DLD02Accident · Minor injuriesClosedErcoupe 415-CD · Crystal River, FLNTSB MIA79DKT06Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Labelle, FLNTSB IAD79DA007Accident · No injuriesClosedSchemp Hirt Cirrus · Cresaptown, MDNTSB FTW79FA001Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 172 · Bridgeport, TXNTSB FTW79DPD01Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Graford, TXNTSB FTW79DPA01Accident · No injuriesClosedBreezy I · Sulphur Spgs, TXNTSB CHI78FEM03Accident · No injuriesClosedHiller UH12A · Muskegon, MI