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180,610 investigations by the National Transportation Safety Board since 1962: 174,589 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.
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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 c.\"eventStateOrRegion\" = 'OR' AND c.\"eventCountry\" = 'USA' 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 c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'OR' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA' 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 SEA91LA129Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBoeing E75 · Aurora, ORAn improperly adjusted carburetor and improper maintenance. Factors include an earthen berm which the aircraft struck during the landing roll.NTSB SEA91LA117Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna T-210N · Klamath Falls, ORThe loss of engine power due to failure of the number 5 cylinder rod bearing which resulted from lack of lubrication of the main bearing.NTSB SEA91LA104Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportHughes 269B · Grand Ronde, ORThe pilot inadvertently interfered with the controls.NTSB SEA91LA101Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 180 · Drewsey, ORThe pilot delayed in going-around.NTSB SEA91LA096Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150J · Mulino, ORThe pilot's inadequate remedial action. Factors include nose-gear vibration.NTSB SEA91FA095Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 150H · Sumpter, ORThe pilot's improper inflight planning and decisions and the pilot's VFR flight into IMC conditions.NTSB SEA91LA080Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172A · Hood River, ORAn inadequately planned approach which resulted in a hard landing. Factors to the accident were rough water landing conditions, poor supervision by the CFI, and the overload condition to the float assembly.NTSB SEA91LA072Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-28-180 · Wamic, ORThe pilot's selection of an empty fuel tank for takeoff.NTSB SEA91LA067Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportClyde L. King Osprey II · Aurora, ORA loss of engine power due to fuel starvation because of an inadequate component and inadequate fuel system design.NTSB SEA91LA066Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportHughes 369D · Roseburg, ORA loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A factor related to the accident was: the lack of a suitable area for an emergency landing.NTSB SEA91FA059Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 172 · Oregon City, ORThe pilot's failure to attain proper airspeed before takeoff. Factors relating to the accident were the binding brake, the uphill grass airstrip, the tail wind weather conditions, and the improper annual inspection that was just completed on the aircraft.NTSB SEA91FA057Accident · 3 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 182J · Glendale, ORThe pilot's failure to use all available runway for this landing, aggravated by his failure to initiate a go-around after misjudging the proper touchdown point and landing with a tailwind.NTSB SEA91FA054Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-15 · Cottage Grove, ORThe pilot did not maintain an adequate airspeed. Factors to the accident were: a dark night condition and an uncontrolled stall/spin.NTSB SEA91LA044Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSchweizer Hughes 269C · Princeton, ORThe pilot's attempt to hover out of ground effect at a density altitude and gross weight in tailwind weather conditions that exceeded the aircraft performance limits. Factors relating to the accident were the high density altitude and tailwind weather…NTSB SEA91FA262Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Dayville, ORThe pilot's poor in flight decision. Factors include mountainous/hilly terrain.NTSB SEA91FA038Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 182B · Estacada, ORA power loss due to carburetor ice, and missing muffler cones as a result of inadequate maintenance inspection. In addition, the pilot failed to maintain adequate airspeed during the forced landing which resulted in a stall.NTSB SEA91LA029Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 182A · Burns, ORThe formation of carburetor ice when the pilot delayed the use of carburetor heat.NTSB SEA91LA023Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportHughes 369D · Mulina, ORIn-flight collision with a rebounding long-line, which caused main-rotor RPM decay and tail-boom separation, compromising the pilot's ability to successfully accomplish an attempted autorotation.NTSB SEA91LA008Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-28-181 · Princeton, ORThe pilot's failure to maintain clearance from obstacles at the side of the runway.NTSB SEA90LA198Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-32RT-300T · Albany, ORThe pilot's decision to land with a strong tailwind resulted in the collapse of the landing gear.NTSB SEA90LA172Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172RG · Brothers, ORThe pilot's improper flight planning and decisions that led to him flying into rising terraain while engaged in low level flight activities.NTSB SEA90FA197Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-24-260 · Bend, ORAn engine power loss due to fuel starvation as a result of a broken seal in the fuel injector servo. In addition, the pilot misjudged his approach into an open field.NTSB SEA90LA194Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportRoger A Hansen KR-2M · Shaniko, ORPilot's failure to maintain clearance from a road sign during landing ground roll. A factor in the accident was the failure of the engine exhaust system which resulted in high engine oil temperature.NTSB SEA90LA192Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150L · Troutdale, ORPassengers failure to maintain clearance from the turning propeller. A factor in the accident was his diverted attention to a helicopter on the ground nearby with the engine running.NTSB SEA90LA190Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 177 · Christmas Valle, ORThe pilot's inadequate preflight and failure to maintain alignment during landing ground roll. Factors in the accident were the contaminated fuel and the soft terrain on the landing surface.NTSB SEA90LA184Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 180 · Enterprise, ORThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft during landing.NTSB SEA90LA185Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 180A · Paisley, ORPilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for a landing site.NTSB SEA90FA183Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 172-P · Hood River, ORThe pilot in command's encountering spatial disorientation and his failure to maintain airspeed.NTSB SEA90FA182Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 150M · Prospect, ORThe pilot's failure to maintain a proper altitude during his approach. The dark night condition was a contributing factor.NTSB SEA90FA166Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-24-250 · Salem, ORThe pilot allowed the design stress limits of the aircraft to be exceeded. Factors related to the accident concerned inadvertent flight by the pilot into known adverse weather conditions.NTSB SEA90LA170Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18A-150 · North Plains, ORThe pilot's failue to maintain adequate clearance from an object near the runway.NTSB SEA90LA169Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna T210N · Florence, ORThe failure of an engine cylinder head. Collision with a log during the landing was a factor related to the accident.NTSB SEA90LA168Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA24-250 · Lagrande, ORThe pilot did not allow the airplane to attain an adequate airspeed prior to the retraction of flaps and landing gear.NTSB SEA90LA153Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-23-250 · Burns, ORLoss of engine power due to a blocked fuel line and the operation of the aircraft in an non-airworthy condition by the PIC.NTSB SEA90LA143Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150 · Redmond, ORThe student pilot's failure to properly recover from a bounced landing.NTSB SEA90LA151Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMaule M-4-220C · Klamath Falls, ORPilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, resulting in a ground loop. The pilot's lack of experience in this make/model was a related factor.NTSB SEA90LA134Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172N · Yamhill, ORThe pilot's failure to retract the flaps during go-around.NTSB SEA90LA141Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna TU206G · Sheridan, ORInadvertent engagement of the autopilot during the flare for landing.NTSB SEA90LA128Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150C · Sutherlin, ORLoss of engine power was due to fuel exhaustion. Because of inadequate fuel consumption calculations and poor preflight planning and preparation for the flight.NTSB SEA90FA129Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-32RT-300T · Prineville, ORThe failure of the left intermediate exhaust pipe, in-flight engine fire and smoke in the cockpit, resulting in impairment of the pilot and his subsequent loss of control.NTSB SEA90LA109Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMaule M-5 · Riverside, ORThe pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for a landing site and his inadequate compensation for the wind condition. Factors related to the accident were: the tailwind and the ditch.NTSB SEA90LA102Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMooney M20C · Troutdale, ORAn inadequate annual inspection in which maintenance personnel left an object in the area of the carburetor which resulted in an air flow blockage.NTSB SEA90LA101Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-28-180 · Yamhill, ORPilot did not maintain an adequate airspeed after takeoff which resulted in a loss of control and aborted takeoff. The pilot did not maintain directional control of the airplane and did not properly correct the situation before colliding with trees and a…NTSB SEA90LA095Accident · 1 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportGrace Long EZ · La Grande, ORLoss of engine power due to fuel contamination which resulted from the pilot's inadequate preflight inspection of the aircraft.NTSB SEA90LA096Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 310B · Albany, ORThe pilot's failure to extend the landing gear before landing, when he became distracted by a change in his normal routine.NTSB SEA90LA073Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150L · Newberg, ORThe pilot did not maintain directional control duing the landing.NTSB SEA90TL#02Accident · Serious injuriesClass 3Final reportHiller UH-12E · Elkton, ORNTSB SEA90FA064Accident · 3 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 182M · North Bend, ORThe pilot did not follow the published IFR procedure.NTSB SEA90LA063Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152II · Scio, ORAn inadequate recovery from a bounced landing and inadequate clearance to avoid colliding with trees.NTSB SEA90LA062Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportStinson 108-2 · Hillsboro, ORPilot displayed poor starting procedures by proceeding with known deficiencies with the parking brake and the inadequacies of the tie down. The pilot did not attain assistance for this procedure which resulted in the airplane getting away and colliding with…