NTSB investigations, 1978
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.
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 CHI79FEP16Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172K · Dodgeville, WINTSB CHI79FEE20Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech 65 · Wheeling, ILNTSB CHI79FEE19Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech D-50 · S.Barrington, ILNTSB OAK79DVA21Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-23 · Visalia, CANTSB NYC79FA016Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 182 · Panama, NYNTSB MIA79DKJ16Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Huntsville, ALNTSB LAX79FUJ24Accident · Serious injuriesClosedBell 206 · Phoenix, AZNTSB LAX79DUJ29Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Phoenix, AZNTSB LAX79DUJ27Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Pinon, AZNTSB IAD79DA025Accident · Serious injuriesClosedBoeing 737 · Norfolk, VANTSB DEN79FTM06Accident · Minor injuriesClosedAerospatial SA315B · Magna, UTNTSB DEN79FTE11Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Ft.Collins, CONTSB ANC79FA028Accident · 2 fatalClosedCessna 207 · Chevak, AKNTSB OAK79DVG08Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna T210L · Yuba City, CANTSB MKC79FA010Accident · Serious injuriesClosedLear Jet 25 · Minneapolis, MNNTSB LAX79FUJ26Accident · No injuriesClosedCurtis-Wrt D-4000 · Phoenix, AZNTSB LAX79FUG09Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 210L · 29 Palms, CANTSB LAX79FA022Accident · 4 fatalClosedPiper PA-24 · Springerville, AZNTSB LAX79FA018Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-32 · Los Angeles, CANTSB FTW79FA030Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-31 · Dallas, TXNTSB FTW79FA029Accident · 4 fatalClosedCessna 172N · Ada, OKNTSB DEN79FTM05Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182 · Duchesne, UTNTSB DEN79FTE13Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech 35 · Greeley, CONTSB OAK79DJA05Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna A188B · Pago Pago, AntarcticaNTSB MKC79FCJ04Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 172 · Oshkosh, NENTSB MIA79FLT02Accident · No injuriesClosedBell 47G5 · Paden, MSNTSB MIA79FLD29Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech C35 · Brooksville, FLNTSB MIA79FLD24Accident · No injuriesClosedSikorsky S-55B · Haines, FLNTSB IAD79FA024Accident · 2 fatalClosedBeech B-19 · Greensboro, NCNTSB FTW79FA028Accident · 3 fatalClosedCessna 172K · Austin, TXNTSB FTW79FA026Accident · 5 fatalClosedBeech C-45G · Bordelonville, LANTSB FTW79DQG11Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Ackerly, TXNTSB FTW79DA027Accident · 2 fatalClosedCessna 152 · Husser, LANTSB CHI79FA021Accident · 2 fatalClosedCessna 210L · Morton, ILNTSB CHI79DEV08Accident · No injuriesClosedBellanca 7G · Meredosia, ILNTSB CHI79DEE25Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-38 · Schaumburg, ILNTSB ANC79FA026Accident · No injuriesClosedRockwell 500S · Anchorage, AKNTSB ANC79DA027Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 185 · Bethel, AKNTSB SEA79DYA06Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-24 · Driggs, IDNTSB MKC79FA012Accident · 3 fatalClosedPiper PA-32 · Virginia, NENTSB MIA79OKT21Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-32R · Prvdenciales, Burkina FasoNTSB MIA79FLT01Accident · Serious injuriesClosedBellanca 7GCAA · Walls, MSNTSB MIA79FKJ15Accident · 1 fatalClosedPitts S-1 · Panama City, FLNTSB MIA79DKJ17Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech 23 · Montgomery, ALNTSB FTW79FA032Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 140A · Ferndale, ARNTSB FTW79FA025Accident · 1 fatalClosedBeechcraft N35 · Sinton, TXNTSB FTW79DRG11Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Troy, TXNTSB DEN79FTM03Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna R182 · Bullfrog, UTNTSB CHI79FA020Accident · Minor injuriesClosedDehavilland 114-2X · Cleveland, OHNTSB ANC79DA025Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-32 · Ekwok, AK