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.

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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"

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NTSB SEA79DYP05Accident · No injuriesClosedMaule M4220C · Coeur D'Alene, IDDec 17, 1978 · N40314 · Substantial damageNTSB NYC79FNA08Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 150K · Stow, MADec 17, 1978 · N6219G · DestroyedNTSB NYC79FFA05Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182M · Albany, NYDec 17, 1978 · N71606 · Substantial damageNTSB LAX79DUJ38Accident · No injuriesClosedGrum Amer AA1-A · Aguila, AZDec 17, 1978 · N9426L · Substantial damageNTSB DEN79FTC05Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 172 · Rawlings, WYDec 17, 1978 · N7015A · DestroyedNTSB DEN79FQA12Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-24 · Roswell, NMDec 17, 1978 · N8311P · Substantial damageNTSB CHI79FEE21Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Mendota, ILDec 17, 1978 · N23JR · Substantial damageNTSB CHI79DEP15Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28R · Waupun, WIDec 17, 1978 · N7607J · Substantial damageNTSB CHI79DEP14Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Sturgeon Bay, WIDec 17, 1978 · N6858A · Substantial damageNTSB NYC79FHA05Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-24 · Blairstown, NJDec 16, 1978 · N22CJ · DestroyedNTSB NYC79FGM08Accident · Minor injuriesClosedEnstrom F28A · Washington, PADec 16, 1978 · N289Q · Substantial damageNTSB MKC79DCG16Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Buckner, MODec 16, 1978 · N1780T · Substantial damageNTSB MIA79FLD23Accident · No injuriesClosedMooney M-20C · Windemere, FLDec 16, 1978 · N74572 · Substantial damageNTSB MIA79DLG11Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172D · Johns Island, SCDec 16, 1978 · N855X · Substantial damageNTSB MIA79DLG10Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech B24 · Rock Hill, SCDec 16, 1978 · N6543R · Substantial damageNTSB IAD79FA023Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper PA-34 · Blountville, TNDec 16, 1978 · N3024R · DestroyedNTSB CHI79FEE17Accident · 1 fatalClosedHawker TMK20 · Waukegan, ILDec 16, 1978 · N20SF · DestroyedNTSB CHI79FEE16Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-30 · Kankakee, ILDec 16, 1978 · N8143Y · Substantial damageNTSB CHI79DEV09Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Danville, ILDec 16, 1978 · N10739 · Substantial damageNTSB SEA79DYM09Accident · No injuriesClosedHiller Acft Soloy · Toledo, ORDec 15, 1978 · N147HA · Substantial damageNTSB OAK79DXQ08Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 206 · Mammoth Lakes, CADec 15, 1978 · N756UD · Substantial damageNTSB OAK79DXQ07Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Susanville, CADec 15, 1978 · N9551K · Substantial damageNTSB MKC79FCD06Accident · No injuriesClosedMooney M-20 · Des Moines, IADec 15, 1978 · N6376Q · Substantial damageNTSB MKC79FA009Accident · 2 fatalClosedBrantly B-2B · Sloan, IADec 15, 1978 · N1122K · DestroyedNTSB MKC79DER12Accident · Minor injuriesClosedAerospatial SA315B · Hinckley, MNDec 15, 1978 · N49538 · DestroyedNTSB LAX79FA017Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 210L · Irvine, CADec 15, 1978 · N777CT · DestroyedNTSB FTW79FA024Accident · 3 fatalClosedPiper PA-28 · Texarkana, ARDec 15, 1978 · N6902J · DestroyedNTSB DEN79FTE07Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-30 · Englewood, CODec 15, 1978 · N5EE · Substantial damageNTSB CHI79FET09Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Three Oaks, MIDec 15, 1978 · N45597 · Substantial damageNTSB CHI79DEE33Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Elgin, ILDec 15, 1978 · N44105 · Substantial damageNTSB MKC79DCQ05Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 182 · Dighton, KSDec 14, 1978 · N8997X · DestroyedNTSB MIA79FA031Accident · No injuriesClosedDouglas DC-3C · Belle Glade, FLDec 14, 1978 · N4996E · Substantial damageNTSB LAX79DUJ23Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 210K · Show Low, AZDec 14, 1978 · N8262M · Substantial damageNTSB IAD79DKM03Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Linville, NCDec 14, 1978 · N4463L · Substantial damageNTSB FTW79FRD11Accident · No injuriesClosedAerospatial AS350C · Morgan City, LADec 14, 1978 · N9001P · Substantial damageNTSB DEN79FA011Accident · Serious injuriesClosedAerospatial SA316B · Ogden, UTDec 14, 1978 · N8622 · DestroyedNTSB OAK79FVW02Accident · No injuriesClosedHiller Acft FH1100 · Boulder City, NVDec 13, 1978 · N438F · Substantial damageNTSB OAK79DVG07Accident · No injuriesClosedGrumman AA1-B · Auburn, CADec 13, 1978 · N32RB · Substantial damageNTSB NYC79FGT07Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech C45H · Philipsburg, PADec 13, 1978 · N702AP · Substantial damageNTSB NYC79DGM07Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Tarentum, PADec 13, 1978 · N757MB · Substantial damageNTSB LAX79FUJ28Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 170B · Grnd Cyn Cvrns, AZDec 13, 1978 · N1956C · Substantial damageNTSB LAX79DUQ09Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182 · Santa Barbara, CADec 13, 1978 · N1386S · Substantial damageNTSB DEN79FTE09Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28R · Ft Collins, CODec 13, 1978 · N1562X · Substantial damageNTSB CHI79DEP12Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 210 · Land O'Lakes, WIDec 13, 1978 · N8110G · Substantial damageNTSB OAK79FVD07Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Oakland, CADec 12, 1978 · N49874 · DestroyedNTSB MKC79FCA03Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182RG · Festus, MODec 12, 1978 · N2303C · Substantial damageNTSB MIA79FKQ03Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182 · Bay St Louis, MSDec 12, 1978 · N444PP · DestroyedNTSB MIA79FKG12Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Atlanta, GADec 12, 1978 · N67309 · Substantial damageNTSB LAX79FUJ19Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Scottsdale, AZDec 12, 1978 · N24475 · Substantial damageNTSB LAX79FUA04Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 210J · Lomita, CADec 12, 1978 · N2260R · Substantial damage