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 ATL81FLQ22Accident · Serious injuriesClosedBellanca 7KCAB · Middletown, KYNTSB ATL81DKJ33Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Brundidge, ALNTSB ANC81DAG69Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 185 · Anchorage, AKNTSB SEA81DYE38Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172A · Port Townsend, WANTSB MKC81FCJ29Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-25 · Cairo, NENTSB MIA81FA111Accident · No injuriesClosedBoeing 727 · Miami, FLNTSB MIA81DLD58Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Long Boat Key, FLNTSB LAX81DVW18Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Duckwater, NVNTSB FTW81FRJ33Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna T188C · Monroe, LANTSB FTW81FRJ32Accident · Serious injuriesClosedGrumman G-164B · Mer Rouge, LANTSB FTW81FQG58Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-36 · Gruver, TXNTSB FTW81FQG57Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPitts S-1S · Clovis, NMNTSB FTW81FPA21Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech 77 · Mckinney, TXNTSB FTW81FA134Accident · 2 fatalClosedCessna R172E · Bishop, TXNTSB FTW81DRA55Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Palacios, TXNTSB DEN81FTE68Accident · Serious injuriesClosedBell 206B · Rio Blanco, CONTSB CHI81FEI28Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 310R · Cleveland, OHNTSB CHI81FA092Accident · No injuriesClosedHawker Sdly 748 · Chicago, ILNTSB CHI81DEM39Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · East Lansing, MINTSB ATL81FKW25Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Columbia, TNNTSB ATL81DKG44Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-25 · Fort Valley, GANTSB ANC81FAA27Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Harding Lake, AKNTSB ANC81DA102Accident · 2 fatalClosedCessna 185 · Wales, AKNTSB SEA81DYM35Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Yachats, ORNTSB SEA81DYK15Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 140 · Ashland, ORNTSB NYC81FNC20Accident · No injuriesClosedBoeing A75L · Fryeburg, MENTSB MKC82DCJ30Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Humboldt, NENTSB MIA81DKJ16Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-24 · Panama City, FLNTSB LAX81FVM27Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · San Jose, CANTSB LAX81DVG62Accident · No injuriesClosedMooney M20E · San Andreas, CANTSB LAX81DUJ97Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Douglas, AZNTSB FTW81FRJ31Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 188B · Winnsboro, LANTSB FTW81FQA43Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 320F · Ruidoso, NMNTSB FTW81DRG59Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 188 · Port Lavaca, TXNTSB ATL81FKQ26Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna A188B · Cleveland, MSNTSB ATL81FID16Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 188B · Pungo, VANTSB NYC81FNE27Accident · No injuriesClosedSchweizer 1-23H · Plymouth, CTNTSB NYC81FHM15Accident · Minor injuriesClosedGyro Sport 1-39 · Lincoln Park, NJNTSB NYC81FHJ13Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Shelter Island, NYNTSB MKC81FCG54Accident · No injuriesClosedRockwell 114 · Warrensburg, MONTSB MIA81FKT90Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-31 · Ft.Lauderdale, FLNTSB LAX81FXQ33Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172N · Reno, NVNTSB LAX81DUJ96Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 210 · Prescott, AZNTSB LAX81DUJ95Accident · No injuriesClosedNavion A · Prescott, AZNTSB LAX81DUJ94Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-24 · Williams, AZNTSB DEN81FTC24Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 177RG · Cheyenne, WYNTSB DEN81FA061Accident · 3 fatalClosedPiper PA-28 · 40 Mi S Casper, WYNTSB CHI81FEI27Accident · 1 fatalClosedAmeagle Mnbt · Painesville, OHNTSB ATL81FA110Accident · Serious injuriesClosedBeech 99 · Washington, DCNTSB ANC81FA098Accident · Serious injuriesClosedBell 212 · Kenai, AK