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NTSB investigations, MA

180,611 investigations by the National Transportation Safety Board since 1962: 174,590 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

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 c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'MA' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA' ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC

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 c.\"eventStateOrRegion\" = 'MA' AND c.\"eventCountry\" = 'USA'
  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 c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'MA' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
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 NYC81FNE28Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-22 · Gr Barrington, MAAug 31, 1981 · N40M · Substantial damage NTSB NYC81FNE25Accident · No injuriesClosedMaule M-5 · Pittsfield, MAAug 6, 1981 · N386X · Substantial damage NTSB NYC81DNA23Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172N · Marthas Vinyrd, MAAug 1, 1981 · N5700E · Substantial damage NTSB NYC81FNE23Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Sterling, MAJul 26, 1981 · N89061 · Substantial damage NTSB NYC81DNA22Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-22 · Mansfield, MAJul 26, 1981 · N9116S · Substantial damage NTSB NYC81FNE22Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28R · N.Egremont, MAJul 9, 1981 · N15931 · Substantial damage NTSB NYC81FNA20Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-32 · Falmouth, MAJul 9, 1981 · N947ET · Substantial damage NTSB NYC81FNA21Accident · Minor injuriesClosedGulf Amer AA-5B · Stow, MAJul 8, 1981 · N45152 · Substantial damage NTSB NYC81FNA17Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Haverhill, MAJun 29, 1981 · N5708T · Substantial damage NTSB NYC81FNA24Accident · Minor injuriesClosedGrum Amer AA-1B · Tewksbury, MAJun 8, 1981 · N9879L · Substantial damage NTSB NYC81FA050Accident · 2 fatalClosedBeech G18S · Hyannis, MAMay 23, 1981 · N75LA · Destroyed NTSB NYC81FNE18Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Northampton, MAMay 3, 1981 · N56694 · Substantial damage NTSB NYC81FNE17Accident · No injuriesClosedSchweizer 2-33A · New Braintree, MAMay 3, 1981 · N5765S · Substantial damage NTSB NYC81FNE16Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Gardner, MAApr 26, 1981 · N2972B · Substantial damage NTSB NYC81FNA15Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech C23 · Bedford, MAApr 26, 1981 · N804Y · Substantial damage NTSB NYC81FA043Accident · 1 fatalClosedBellanca 7KCAB · North Adams, MAApr 22, 1981 · N4131Y · Destroyed NTSB NYC81FNE15Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Belchertown, MAApr 7, 1981 · N9213U · Substantial damage NTSB NYC81FNA14Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-38 · New Bedford, MAMar 31, 1981 · N9953T · Substantial damage NTSB NYC81FNA13Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Hyannis, MAMar 14, 1981 · N4945L · Substantial damage NTSB NYC81FNE12Accident · Minor injuriesClosedMooney M20F · Oakham, MAMar 1, 1981 · N3565N · Substantial damage NTSB NYC81FA030Accident · 2 fatalClosedCessna 310R · North Adams, MAFeb 25, 1981 · N5489J · Destroyed NTSB NYC81FNE11Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Princeton, MAFeb 22, 1981 · N6975F · Substantial damage NTSB NYC81FNA11Accident · No injuriesClosedGrum Amer AA-5B · Taunton, MAFeb 16, 1981 · N28861 · Substantial damage NTSB NYC81FNE09Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Northampton, MAFeb 9, 1981 · N1032X · Substantial damage NTSB NYC81FA025Accident · 1 fatalClosedLake LA-4 · Middleboro, MAFeb 7, 1981 · N1125L · Destroyed NTSB NYC81FNA09Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28R · Falmouth, MAJan 25, 1981 · N2123M · Substantial damage NTSB NYC81FNA10Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Middleboro, MAJan 24, 1981 · N5094W · Substantial damage NTSB NYC81FNA08Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Beverly, MAJan 9, 1981 · N15993 · Substantial damage NTSB NYC81FNA07Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Norfolk, MAJan 6, 1981 · N2551U · Substantial damage NTSB NYC81FNE07Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Westfield, MADec 20, 1980 · N4232F · Substantial damage NTSB NYC81FA034Accident · No injuriesClosedVolmer 1 · Norfolk, MADec 13, 1980 · N31037 · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage NTSB NYC81FNA05Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Norwood, MADec 11, 1980 · N16421 · Substantial damage NTSB NYC81FNA03Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Mansfield, MANov 27, 1980 · N12706 · Substantial damage NTSB NYC81FA014Accident · 1 fatalClosedGlobe GC-1B · West Tisbury, MANov 25, 1980 · N80674 · Destroyed NTSB NYC81FNE04Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna C-172N · Sterling, MANov 22, 1980 · N3043E · Destroyed NTSB NYC81FNE03Accident · No injuriesClosedAerostar 601P · Worcester, MANov 18, 1980 · N6075U · Substantial damage NTSB NYC80FNA01Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech T-34A · Plymouth, MANov 6, 1980 · N45RD · Substantial damage NTSB NYC81FA003Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 500 · Plymouth, MAOct 10, 1980 · N8JG · Substantial damage NTSB NYC81DA004Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150H · West Groton, MAOct 9, 1980 · N22746 · Substantial damage NTSB NYC80FNA26Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Hanson, MASep 24, 1980 · N5910F · Destroyed NTSB NYC80FNA25Accident · No injuriesClosedN American T-28 · Dedham, MAAug 28, 1980 · N14145 · Substantial damage NTSB NYC80FA079Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 305 · Newburyport, MAAug 27, 1980 · N5168G · Substantial damage NTSB NYC80DNA23Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBLN Works FF-7 · Edgartown, MAAug 23, 1980 · N4039Q · Substantial damage NTSB NYC80FA069Accident · 2 fatalClosedCessna 401B · Tewksbury, MAAug 12, 1980 · N2ST · Destroyed NTSB NYC80FNA21Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28R · Edgartown, MAAug 11, 1980 · N74HB · Substantial damage NTSB NYC80IA066Incident · No injuriesClosedConvair 580 · Boston, MAAug 7, 1980 · N588PL · Minor damage NTSB NYC80FNA19Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Middleboro, MAAug 3, 1980 · N9295U · Substantial damage NTSB NYC80FNA18Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Halifax, MAAug 3, 1980 · N1489E · Substantial damage NTSB NYC80DA063Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech B19 · Tewksbury, MAJul 31, 1980 · N6650R · Substantial damage NTSB NYC80FNE22Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBeech B23 · Hopedale, MAJul 26, 1980 · N6089N · Substantial damage