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 FTW81FPA23Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Waxahachie, TXNTSB FTW81FPA22Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 177 · Sulphur Spgs, TXNTSB CHI81FA102Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Laporte, MNNTSB CHI81DER40Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-32 · Crivitz, WINTSB CHI81DEP46Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-22 · La Pointe, WINTSB ANC81DAA35Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Hodzona River, AKNTSB NYC81FHJ17Accident · No injuriesClosedBell 47G-2 · Farmingdale, NYNTSB NYC81FGM31Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150J · Belle Vernon, PANTSB NYC81DNC22Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper J3C · Greenville, MENTSB NYC81DFJ24Accident · No injuriesClosedLuscombe 8E · Nunda, NYNTSB MIA81DLA36Accident · No injuriesClosedAeronca 7AC · Pnte Vdra Bch, FLNTSB MIA81DLA35Accident · No injuriesClosedLake LA-4 · Gainesville, FLNTSB LAX81DUQ33Accident · No injuriesClosedMitsubishi MU-2 · Goleta, CANTSB LAX81DUK05Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 170A · Cottonwood, AZNTSB DEN81FTE69Accident · Minor injuriesClosedMooney M20C · Delta, CONTSB CHI81FEI29Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-25 · Kansas, OHNTSB CHI81FEE53Accident · Minor injuriesClosedGulf Amer AA-5A · Plainfield, ILNTSB ATL81FKJ36Accident · Minor injuriesClosedAir & Space 18A · Huntsville, ALNTSB ATL81FKG47Accident · No injuriesClosedChampion 7AC · Stone Mountain, GANTSB ATL81FA116Accident · 2 fatalClosedPiper PA-38 · Cullman, ALNTSB ATL81FA115Accident · 1 fatalClosedPitts S-1 · Cleveland, TNNTSB ANC81DAG81Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna U206F · Dikeman, AKNTSB ANC81DAG79Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 185 · Naknek, AKNTSB ANC81DA114Accident · 5 fatalClosedBeech B50 · Cape Yakataga, AKNTSB NYC81FNE31Accident · No injuriesClosedErco 415-D · Danbury, CTNTSB NYC81FNA26Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-24 · Marstons Mills, MANTSB NYC81FFA25Accident · Serious injuriesClosedBellanca 7GCBC · Ancramdale, NYNTSB MKC81FCG56Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Liberty, MONTSB MIA81DLA34Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-22 · High Springs, FLNTSB LAX81FVG66Accident · Serious injuriesClosedMooney M20E · Red Bluff, CANTSB FTW81FRD44Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna A188B · Port Barre, LANTSB FTW81FQG62Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-24 · Shallowater, TXNTSB FTW81DRJ35Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech D18S · Simsboro, LANTSB CHI81IA099Incident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Romeoville, ILNTSB CHI81FET14Accident · 1 fatalClosedPDQ 2D · Goshen, INNTSB CHI81FA101Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 172 · Faithorn, MINTSB CHI81FA100Accident · 1 fatalClosedSchweizer SGS232 · Waynesville, OHNTSB CHI81DEP47Accident · No injuriesClosedBensen B-8M · Manitowoc, WINTSB CHI81DEE54Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Polo, ILNTSB ATL81FKJ35Accident · No injuriesClosedBellanca 14-19 · Weaver, ALNTSB ATL81DKG48Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Williamson, GANTSB ANC81DAG82Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Cantwell, AKNTSB ANC81DAG78Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 180 · Egegik, AKNTSB SEA81FA055Accident · 4 fatalClosedCessna 320D · Republic, WANTSB MKC81FCJ33Accident · Serious injuriesClosedRutan Vreze · Lincoln, NENTSB MKC81DCG57Accident · No injuriesClosedMooney M20C · Brookfield, MONTSB LAX81FVM29Accident · Serious injuriesClosedBell 206B · Nipomo, CANTSB LAX81FA125Accident · 2 fatalClosedCessna T310P · San Bernardino, CANTSB FTW81DQD34Accident · No injuriesClosedBensen B8M · Carlsbad, NMNTSB CHI81FEC46Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna A185F · Detroit, MI