NTSB investigations, 1981
180,616 investigations by the National Transportation Safety Board since 1962: 174,594 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 DCA81AA028Accident · 2 fatalClosedPiper PA-34 · E.Rutherford, NJNTSB CHI81DEV35Accident · Minor injuriesClosedGrumman G-164A · Dana, INNTSB MKC81DCQ51Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Hays, KSNTSB MIA82IA121Accident · No injuriesClosedDouglas DC-10 · Miami, FLNTSB MIA81DLD66Accident · Minor injuriesClosedRockwell S-2R · Ft.Pierce, FLNTSB LAX81FVD45Accident · No injuriesClosedChampion 7ECA · Novato, CANTSB LAX81FUM21Accident · No injuriesClosedEagle DW-1 · Westmoreland, CANTSB LAX81FA131Accident · No injuriesClosedBell 206L-1 · Waialae Falls, HINTSB LAX81FA129Accident · 1 fatalClosedRyan Navion · Firebaugh, CANTSB DEN81FTM42Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 340A · Vernal, UTNTSB DEN81FTI20Accident · Serious injuriesClosedBeech 23 · Deer Lodge, MTNTSB DCA81AA027Accident · No injuriesClosedLockheed L-1011 · Colts Neck, NJNTSB CHI81FEC47Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-34 · Linden, MINTSB ANC81DAA36Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 185 · Umiat, AKNTSB NYC81FGT13Accident · No injuriesClosedAmer Avco AA-1B · Marietta, PANTSB MKC81DCD39Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-36 · Orange City, IANTSB MIA81FKU04Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-31 · Miami, FLNTSB MIA81DKT99Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 337 · Key West, FLNTSB FTW81FA146Accident · 1 fatalClosedHughes 269C · Startzville, TXNTSB DEN81DTE74Accident · No injuriesClosedErco 415-C · Aurora, CONTSB ANC81DAG88Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna U206B · Gakona, AKNTSB SEA81FYP41Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 170B · Athol, IDNTSB SEA81FA057Accident · 3 fatalClosedCessna 210A · Woodland, WANTSB SEA81DYM47Accident · No injuriesClosedForney 415-C · Gleneden Beach, ORNTSB NYC81FHM16Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150M · Caldwell, NJNTSB NYC81FGM32Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 310P · Pittsburgh, PANTSB NYC81DHD39Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper J-3C · Coatesville, PANTSB MKC81FA054Accident · No injuriesClosedAerospatle AS350D · Iowa City, IANTSB MKC81DCJ34Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-38 · Kearney, NENTSB MIA81DLD67Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech B95 · Sanford, FLNTSB MIA81DKT81Accident · No injuriesClosedGrumman AF-2S · Miami, FLNTSB LAX81DUK03Accident · No injuriesClosedHiller Acft UH-12E · Gadsden, AZNTSB FTW81FRA58Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBell 206L-1 · Santa Fe, TXNTSB FTW81FQG64Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna A188B · Hereford, TXNTSB FTW81FPG65Accident · Serious injuriesClosedVans RV3 · Little Rock, ARNTSB FTW81DPJ39Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 188B · Anioch, OKNTSB FTW81DPG66Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-23 · Jonesboro, ARNTSB DCA81AA026Accident · 1 fatalClosedDouglas DC-10 · N Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean)NTSB CHI81FEK30Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBellanca 17-30A · Newark, OHNTSB CHI81FEI31Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172N · Elyria, OHNTSB ANC81DAG97Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-12 · Wasilla, AKNTSB ANC81DAD08Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-23 · Yakutat, AKNTSB ANC81DAA33Accident · No injuriesClosedBellanca 7GCBC · Healy, AKNTSB ANC81DA115Accident · 2 fatalClosedAeronca 11AC · Haines, AKNTSB SEA81FYM46Accident · 1 fatalClosedDruine D-31 · Corvallis, ORNTSB SEA81FYM44Accident · Minor injuriesClosedEvans Spcl 1 · Aurora, ORNTSB NYC81FHA23Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 177 · Stillwater, NJNTSB NYC81FGT12Accident · 1 fatalClosedChampion 7KCAB · Towanda, PANTSB MKC81FCD40Accident · Serious injuriesClosedAeronca 7AC · Larchwood, IANTSB MIA81DKT97Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 414A · Homestead, FL