NTSB investigations, 1981
180,624 investigations by the National Transportation Safety Board since 1962: 174,602 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 CHI81FEV24Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper PA-25 · Olney, ILNTSB CHI81FEC33Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Wixom, MINTSB CHI81DEX26Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Shelbyville, INNTSB CHI81DEP33Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Milwaukee, WINTSB CHI81DEP32Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172M · Prt Washington, WINTSB ATL81FLT12Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Brownsville, TNNTSB ATL81FA094Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper PA-31P · Wilmington, NCNTSB SEA81DYA16Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-18A · Firth, IDNTSB SEA81DYA15Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-25 · Shelley, IDNTSB NYC81FHD30Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Atlantic City, NJNTSB NYC81FGT08Accident · Serious injuriesClosedTaylorcraft BC12-D · Hanover, PANTSB MKC81FCG47Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182 · Osage Beach, MONTSB LAX81FUG40Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna R172K · Yucca Valley, CANTSB LAX81FUG39Accident · No injuriesClosedCurtis WRT. B-4000 · Chino, CANTSB FTW81FA120Accident · 1 fatalClosedSoloy 47G-2A · Vivian, LANTSB FTW81DPJ30Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 421 · El Reno, OKNTSB DEN81FTI14Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Seely Lake, MTNTSB DEN81FA048Accident · 1 fatalClosedRyan Aero ST-A · Eaton, CONTSB ATL81FKG31Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 177 · Cummings, GANTSB ATL81DKJ22Accident · No injuriesClosedHiller Acft UH-12E · Centreville, ALNTSB ANC81DAG50Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 185F · Anchorage, AKNTSB SEA81FYK11Accident · Serious injuriesClosedAeronca KCA · Beatty, ORNTSB SEA81DYP26Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBell 47G-2A · Moses Lake, WANTSB NYC81FNE22Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28R · N.Egremont, MANTSB NYC81FNA20Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-32 · Falmouth, MANTSB NYC81FHM10Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 2101 · Spring Valley, NYNTSB LAX81FA104Accident · No injuriesClosedSchweizer 2-33A · Maricopa, AZNTSB FTW81DRD33Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 180J · Morgan City, LANTSB FTW81DA119Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 402C · Port O'Connor, TXNTSB DEN81FTE56Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper 601P · Crested Butte, CONTSB DEN81DTM33Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 170B · St George, UTNTSB CHI81IA074Incident · No injuriesClosedBoeing 747 · Minneapolis, MNNTSB CHI81FER51Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBoeing A75N1 · Cottage Grove, MNNTSB CHI81FEM29Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Mackinac Is, MINTSB CHI81DEP31Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172A · Franklin, WINTSB ATL81FA093Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 411 · Columbus, GANTSB NYC81FNA21Accident · Minor injuriesClosedGulf Amer AA-5B · Stow, MANTSB NYC81FNA19Accident · No injuriesClosedBell 47G-3B · Pawtucket, RINTSB NYC81FGT07Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Columbia, PANTSB MIA81FKT84Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Clewiston, FLNTSB MIA81FA091Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28R · Jacksonville, FLNTSB MIA81DLA30Accident · No injuriesClosedBellanca 7ECA · Ormond Beach, FLNTSB FTW81FRG53Accident · Serious injuriesClosedGrumman G-164A · Mercedes, TXNTSB ATL81FKQ19Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna A188B · Benoit, MSNTSB ATL81FA092Accident · 3 fatalClosedPiper PA-28 · Eatonton, GANTSB ANC81IA078Incident · No injuriesClosedLear Jet 25 · Cobblestone, AKNTSB ANC81DAG49Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Crooked Creek, AKNTSB NYC81FHM14Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Colts Neck, NJNTSB NYC81FFJ17Accident · No injuriesClosedTaylorcraft BC12-D · Penn Yan, NYNTSB LAX81DXQ24Accident · No injuriesClosedLemke-Schdr LS-3 · Reno, NV