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 MIA78DLD77Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Lutz, FLNTSB MIA78DKJ91Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBellanca 7KCAB · Jasper, ALNTSB MIA78DKJ90Accident · No injuriesClosedZ-Bird LD-1 · Oneonta, ALNTSB IAD78IA110Incident · No injuriesClosedCessna 310Q · Roanoke, VANTSB IAD78FHD24Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech V35B · Cheswold, DENTSB FTW78FRD57Accident · No injuriesClosedAero Comdr 200D · Patterson, LANTSB FTW78FA081Accident · 5 fatalClosedBeech 35 · Kerrville, TXNTSB ANC78FA079Accident · 1 fatalClosedMaule M-5 · Sterling, AKNTSB ANC78DAH19Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Iliamna, AKNTSB ANC78DA081Accident · 3 fatalClosedCessna 411 · Missing AircraftNTSB OAK78FXQ48Accident · No injuriesClosedN American P-51H · Reno, NVNTSB OAK78FXQ46Accident · No injuriesClosedBoeing E75N1 · Reno, NVNTSB OAK78FVA85Accident · No injuriesClosedBell H13H · Firebaugh, CANTSB OAK78FA054Accident · 2 fatalClosedGrum Amer AA-1C · Bear Valley, CANTSB OAK78DXQ49Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Hawthorne, NVNTSB OAK78DA055Accident · 2 fatalClosedN.American SNJ-4 · Reno, NVNTSB NYC78FNA47Accident · Minor injuriesClosedSchweitzer 233A · Plymouth, MANTSB NYC78FFJ39Accident · No injuriesClosedAero Comdr 112 · Jamestown, NYNTSB NYC78FA093Accident · 2 fatalClosedCessna R172K · Venice Center, NYNTSB NYC78FA092Accident · 5 fatalClosedPiper PA-32R · Robbinsville, NJNTSB LAX78DUK05Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 188 · Parker, AZNTSB IAD78FID24Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182RG · Williamsburg, VANTSB FTW78FRD56Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Lake Charles, LANTSB DEN78FQA58Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 182 · L1ndrith, NMNTSB DEN78DTC39Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 180 · Jackson, WYNTSB CHI78FEC55Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Plymouth, MINTSB CHI78FEC54Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-24 · Flint, MINTSB CHI78DEE67Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Wheeling, ILNTSB SEA78DYP51Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBellanca 7GCBC · Palouse, WANTSB OAK78DXQ51Accident · No injuriesClosedSteen Sybt · Carson City, NVNTSB OAK78DXQ47Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-22 · Elko, NVNTSB OAK78DVG80Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Sacramento, CANTSB OAK78DA053Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech 65A-80 · Columbia, CANTSB NYC78FA094Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 182 · Dupont, PANTSB MKC78DTG16Accident · No injuriesClosedBellanca 7GCBC · Mandan, NDNTSB IAD78FKM25Accident · 1 fatalClosedBensen B8 · Salisbury, NCNTSB FTW79FRG73Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna A188B · Donna, TXNTSB FTW78FRA40Accident · Minor injuriesClosedGrumman G-164B · Devers, TXNTSB FTW78FQG50Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150L · Dalhart, TXNTSB FTW78FPA36Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-22 · Celina, TXNTSB FTW78DRG72Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Three Rivers, TXNTSB FTW78DA082Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-24 · Muleshoe, TXNTSB DEN78FTE98Accident · No injuriesClosedBellanca 7GCBC · Thorton, CONTSB CHI78FEV53Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 180A · Sparta, ILNTSB CHI78FEP70Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Milwaukee, WINTSB CHI78FEG15Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-38 · Dayton, OHNTSB CHI78DEM43Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Beal City, MINTSB ANC78FA082Accident · 1 fatalClosedAeronca 7EC · Fairbanks, AKNTSB ANC78DAH22Accident · Minor injuriesClosedHelio Acft H-250 · Holy Cross, AKNTSB ANC78DAD08Accident · Minor injuriesClosedAero Comdr 560 · Italio Riv, AK