NTSB investigations, 1965
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\") = 1965 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") = 1965 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 SEA66D0201Accident · No injuriesClosedMooney M20B · Featherville, IDNTSB NYC66F0474Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 310D · Lindenhurst, NYNTSB NYC66F0421Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-22 · Neptune, NJNTSB NYC66F0405Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper P A-28 · Mt Alton, PANTSB MIA66F0376Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA22 · Lexington, SCNTSB FTW66F0484Accident · No injuriesClosedBeechcraft 65 · Tuckerman, ARNTSB FTW66F0472Accident · No injuriesClosedBeechcraft D50 · Mcallen, TXNTSB DEN66D0204Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-22 · Payson, AZNTSB DEN66D0184Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Ruidoso, NMNTSB SEA66D0199Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Mount Vernon, WANTSB MKC66F0342Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 140 · Monticello, MNNTSB MKC66D0370Accident · No injuriesClosedForney 415-C · Allerton, IANTSB FTW66F0565Accident · Serious injuriesClosedAero CDR 520 · Abernathy, TXNTSB CHI66F0486Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 210E · Reed City, MINTSB CHI66D0499Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Farmington, ILNTSB SEA66D0203Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Billings, MTNTSB NYC66F0432Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-22 · Spring Valley, NYNTSB NYC66F0413Accident · Minor injuriesClosedAeronca 7AC · Fort Lee, NJNTSB NYC66F0394Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-24 · Richmond, VANTSB NYC66D0400Accident · No injuriesClosedBeechcraft 35 · Montauk, NYNTSB MKC66F0427Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 172F · Brigeton, MONTSB MIA66S0003Accident · 1 fatalClosedMooney M20E · Georgetwn, Burkina FasoNTSB MIA66F0395Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-24 · Dothan, ALNTSB MIA66F0394Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-22 · Wilmington, NCNTSB MIA66F0390Accident · No injuriesClosedLuscombe 8A · Bay Minette, ALNTSB MIA66F0362Accident · No injuriesClosedMooney M20C · Jackson, TNNTSB LAX66F0201Accident · Serious injuriesClosedTaylorcraft BC12 · Tehachapi, CANTSB LAX66F0197Accident · No injuriesClosedGrumman G-164 · Buttonwillow, CANTSB LAX66D0208Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150F · Santee, CANTSB LAX66D0192Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 180 · Big Bear, CANTSB FTW66F0483Accident · Minor injuriesClosedTaylorcraft BC12-D · Sand Springs, OKNTSB CHI66F0511Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172G · Streator, ILNTSB CHI66F0501Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-24 · Wabash, INNTSB CHI66F0475Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-23 · Muncie, INNTSB CHI66D0503Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · East Alton, ILNTSB OAK66A0029Accident · No injuriesClosedDouglas DC-8 · San Francisco, CANTSB MIA66A0072Accident · 1 fatalClosedMooney M-18C · Newbern, ALNTSB LAX66D0206Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 170A · El Cajon, CANTSB DEN66D0192Accident · No injuriesClosedFairchild F24 · Tucson, AZNTSB CHI66F0500Accident · No injuriesClosedMooney M-20E · Indianapolis, INNTSB OAK66F0167Accident · No injuriesClosedBeechcraft 55 · Livermore, CANTSB NYC66F0458Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 210 · Chantilly, VANTSB NYC66F0426Accident · No injuriesClosedBeechcraft H35 · Washington, DCNTSB NYC66D0415Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 170B · Island Park, NYNTSB NYC66A0069Accident · 2 fatalClosedBeech D35 · Louisa, VANTSB MIA66F0377Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-24 · Orlando, FLNTSB MIA66F0350Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Waynesboro, MSNTSB LAX66F0251Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 195 · Pomona, CANTSB FTW66F0482Accident · No injuriesClosedErcoupe 415-C · Fairview, OKNTSB FTW66F0461Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 150E · Florriessant, LA