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 FTW81DQG51Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150M · Lubbock, TXNTSB DEN81FTI15Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 172N · Libby, MTNTSB CHI81FA090Accident · Serious injuriesClosedRaven RX-7 · Barrington Hls, ILNTSB CHI81FA089Accident · 5 fatalClosedBalloon WKS 8-24 · Barrington, ILNTSB ATL81FLT13Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Jackson, TNNTSB ATL81DLA13Accident · No injuriesClosedHughes 269A-1 · Sale City, GANTSB ATL81DKJ31Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Huntsville, ALNTSB ANC81DAD05Accident · No injuriesClosedHughes 369D · Swan Lake, AKNTSB ANC81DAA28Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Fairbanks, AKNTSB SEA81FYP34Accident · No injuriesClosedBoeing E75 · Omak, WANTSB NYC81FHD34Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna T188C · Woodstown, NJNTSB MKC81FCG53Accident · Serious injuriesClosedFlybaby 1A-BIS · Paola, KSNTSB MKC81DCJ28Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna A188B · Riverton, NENTSB FTW81DRJ29Accident · No injuriesClosedGrumman G-164 · Bastrop, LANTSB FTW81DPA16Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 140 · Waco, TXNTSB DEN81DTK21Accident · No injuriesClosedGrumman G-164C · Platte, SDNTSB CHI81FEM36Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Mackinaw, MINTSB CHI81DEV32Accident · No injuriesClosedGrumman G-164A · Hudson, ILNTSB ATL81FA108Accident · 5 fatalClosedAero Comdr 685 · Wrens, GANTSB SEA81DYP33Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150L · Waitsburg, WANTSB SEA81DYA22Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 150M · Driggs, IDNTSB NYC81FNE26Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-24 · E.Hartford, CTNTSB MKC81FCD34Accident · Serious injuriesClosedHughes 269B · Marion, IANTSB MKC81FA051Accident · No injuriesClosedDouglas DC-9 · St.Louis, MONTSB MIA81FA104Accident · 2 fatalClosedBeech H18 · Ft.Lauderdale, FLNTSB LAX81FVG60Accident · No injuriesClosedErco 415-CD · Sacramento, CANTSB LAX81FA117Accident · 1 fatalClosedBeech C33 · S.Lake Tahoe, CANTSB LAX81FA116Accident · 1 fatalClosedGrum Amer AA-5B · Vancouver, WANTSB FTW81FRA52Accident · Minor injuriesClosedHughes 269B · Houston, TXNTSB FTW81FPG60Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper J3C-65 · Almyra, ARNTSB FTW81FPD36Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-38 · Ft Worth, TXNTSB DEN81FTE63Accident · Minor injuriesClosedLuscombe 8A · Byers, CONTSB CHI81FEC40Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-22 · Lapeer, MINTSB CHI81FA087Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 210D · Zanesville, OHNTSB ATL81DKJ30Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150M · Hamilton, ALNTSB LAX81DVD39Accident · Serious injuriesClosedGrumman G-164B · Tracy, CANTSB LAX81DUJ93Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Tucson, AZNTSB LAX81DUJ89Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182 · Page, AZNTSB FTW81FRA50Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Huntsville, TXNTSB FTW81FPM19Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 170A · Ramona, OKNTSB FTW81FPG61Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-23 · Malvern, ARNTSB DEN81FTK20Accident · Minor injuriesClosedGrumman G-164B · Platte, SDNTSB DEN81FA057Accident · 1 fatalClosedAerospatial 316B · Alpine, WYNTSB CHI81FEV30Accident · No injuriesClosedLuscombe 8E · Atwood, ILNTSB CHI81FER60Accident · No injuriesClosedBell 47G3B1 · Stewart, MNNTSB CHI81FER58Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-25 · Blue Earth, MNNTSB CHI81FA086Accident · 3 fatalClosedPiper PA-28 · Altamont, ILNTSB ATL81FKG43Accident · Minor injuriesClosedGulf Amer AA-5A · Savannah, GANTSB ANC81FAA24Accident · Minor injuriesClosedAero Comdr 500S · Healy, AKNTSB LAX81DUQ29Accident · Serious injuriesClosedQuickie 1 · Lake Hughes, CA