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 ANC81DAG68Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 180 · Cordova, AKNTSB NYC81FFJ22Accident · No injuriesClosedSchweizer SG233A · Mayville, NYNTSB MKC81DCQ50Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-25 · Ness City, KSNTSB MIA81FA107Accident · 2 fatalClosedPiper J5A · Carrabelle, FLNTSB MIA81DLD62Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-22 · Captiva, FLNTSB LAX81FVW17Accident · No injuriesClosedHiller Acft UH-12B · Las Vegas, NVNTSB LAX81DVG61Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Colusa, CANTSB FTW81FQA42Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 172RG · Eagle Nest, NMNTSB FTW81FPM20Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Atoka, OKNTSB FTW81FPJ36Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Blanchard, OKNTSB FTW81FPJ35Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Oklahoma City, OKNTSB FTW81DPG62Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-38 · Grubbs, ARNTSB FTW81DPD37Accident · Minor injuriesClosedRockwell 114 · Woodson, TXNTSB CHI81FEV34Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 150M · Wyoming, ILNTSB ATL81FKW24Accident · Serious injuriesClosedBensen B8 · Hixson, TNNTSB SEA81FYK16Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech 95-C55 · Roseburg, ORNTSB NYC81FA077Accident · 1 fatalClosedRepublic RC-3 · Greenfield, MENTSB NYC81DFA24Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 150M · Hancock, NYNTSB NYC81DA078Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech C24 · Kingston, NYNTSB MIA81DKJ15Accident · No injuriesClosedBellanca 8GCBC · Destin, FLNTSB LAX81FVA59Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech 58 · Fresno, CANTSB LAX81FA121Accident · 6 fatalClosedPiper PA-32R · Grand Canyon, AZNTSB LAX81DUJ92Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182 · Yuma, AZNTSB FTW81FRJ30Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-32R · Monroe, LANTSB FTW81DQG59Accident · No injuriesClosedGrumman G-164 · Whiteface, TXNTSB FTW81DPJ41Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech A36 · Stillwater, OKNTSB DEN81FA060Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna T207 · Casper, WYNTSB CHI81FEI26Accident · Minor injuriesClosedStinson 108-1 · Chardon, OHNTSB CHI81DEM10Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-38 · Saginaw, MINTSB ANC81DA099Accident · No injuriesClosedDehavilland DHC-2 · Cordova, AKNTSB SEA81DYM36Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-38 · Sandy, ORNTSB NYC81FGM26Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper J3C-65 · Mt Pleasant, PANTSB LAX81DVM31Accident · No injuriesClosedBoeing A75 · Greenfield, CANTSB FTW81DQG56Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-25 · Seminole, TXNTSB DEN81FTE67Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 172RG · Walden, CONTSB DEN81FA059Accident · Serious injuriesClosedBell 206-B3 · Alpine, WYNTSB CHI81FA091Accident · 3 fatalClosedMooney M20J · La Pointe, WINTSB ATL81FLT15Accident · No injuriesClosedAir Tractor AT-301 · Obion, TNNTSB ATL81FKW23Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182G · Athens, TNNTSB SEA81FA053Accident · 3 fatalClosedSoloy UH-12E · Riggins, IDNTSB NYC81FGT10Accident · No injuriesClosedBrantly B-2B · New Cumberland, PANTSB LAX81FVA58Accident · Serious injuriesClosedBede BD-4 · Chowchilla, CANTSB LAX81FUJ88Accident · 1 fatalClosedAir Tractor AT-302 · Phoenix, AZNTSB FTW81DRA54Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Nome, TXNTSB FTW81DQG55Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-36 · Clovis, NMNTSB DEN81FTM37Accident · Minor injuriesClosedRotorway 133 · Price, UTNTSB DEN81DTC23Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-12 · Cody, WYNTSB CHI81FEM37Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Cheboygan, MINTSB CHI81DEC41Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBlanik L-13 · Oxford, MINTSB SEA81DYP36Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna P210N · College Place, WA