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 SEA78FYK23Accident · Minor injuriesClosedHome Built KR-2 · North Bend, ORNTSB SEA78FA065Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper PA-28 · Rainier, ORNTSB OAK78DVG79Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Vacaville, CANTSB MKC78DTK39Accident · No injuriesClosedRockwell IN 112 · Parkston, SDNTSB MIA78FKG80Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-24 · Dawson, GANTSB MIA78FKG79Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-28R · Stockbridge, GANTSB FTW78DPJ38Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Tuttle, OKNTSB DEN78FQA57Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna TU206F · Mesita, NMNTSB ANC79DAG06Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Talkeetna, AKNTSB ANC78DAH25Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 180E · Anchorage, AKNTSB SEA78DYA25Accident · No injuriesClosedStinson 108-3 · Boise, IDNTSB OAK78FA052Accident · 3 fatalClosedBellanca 17-31A · San Jose, CANTSB NYC78FHJ26Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Amityville, NYNTSB MKC78FCJ45Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBeech C35 · Gordon, NENTSB MIA78FKG78Accident · Minor injuriesClosedGrumman G164A · Albany, GANTSB MIA78DLA51Accident · No injuriesClosedAero Comdr S2R · Camilla, GANTSB MIA78DKJ89Accident · Minor injuriesClosedGrumman G-164B · Vernon, FLNTSB LAX78FUM37Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Imperial, CANTSB IAD78DIA18Accident · No injuriesClosedSchweizer SGS233 · Warrenton, VANTSB CHI78FA067Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech 18T · Chicago, ILNTSB ANC79DAG23Accident · No injuriesClosedAeronca 15AC · Iliamna, AKNTSB ANC78FA078Accident · 6 fatalClosedDehavilland DHC-2 · Whittier, AKNTSB ANC78DAH18Accident · No injuriesClosedChampion 7HC · Cantwell, AKNTSB SEA78DYK22Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Sun River, ORNTSB OAK78DVA82Accident · No injuriesClosedHiller UH12E · Tuolumne, CANTSB MIA78DLD76Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBeech G18S · Nnassau (Atlantic Ocean)NTSB LAX78DUM36Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna A150K · Imperial, CANTSB FTW78FA079Accident · 2 fatalClosedPiper J3C · Ferris, TXNTSB DEN79FTC02Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Bountiful, UTNTSB SEA78FA064Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 185F · Riggins, IDNTSB NYC79IA001Incident · Minor injuriesClosedBoeing SP747 · Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean)NTSB NYC78FA091Accident · 3 fatalClosedAero Comdr 500S · Hammondsport, NYNTSB MKC78FA069Accident · 2 fatalClosedLuscombe 8A · Fayette, MONTSB MIA78FA123Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 172N · Gautier, MSNTSB IAD78FLQ32Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 172D · Corbin, KYNTSB FTW78FA078Accident · No injuriesClosedBolkow BO-105 · Morgan City, LANTSB DEN78FTE97Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172N · Englewood, CONTSB CHI78FEP68Accident · No injuriesClosedMooney M20F · Racine, WINTSB CHI78FA066Accident · 1 fatalClosedBrantley B-2B · Brook, INNTSB ANC79DAG12Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 170B · Grayling, AKNTSB ANC78DAD07Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-12 · Sitka, AKNTSB NYC78FHM29Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-23 · Marlboro, NJNTSB NYC78FHM28Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · West Milford, NJNTSB NYC78FFJ38Accident · No injuriesClosedN.American N265 · Elmira, NYNTSB NYC78FFA32Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182C · Hudson, NYNTSB NYC78FA090Accident · 2 fatalClosedPiper PA-32 · Honesdale, PANTSB NYC78DFA30Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Barneveld, NYNTSB MKC78FCQ39Accident · Serious injuriesClosedLuscombe 8A · Baxter Springs, KSNTSB MIA78FLD73Accident · 1 fatalClosedGyrocopter 1 · Dunnellon, FLNTSB MIA78DLD74Accident · No injuriesClosedAerotec S-2A · Largo, FL