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 SEA79DYP05Accident · No injuriesClosedMaule M4220C · Coeur D'Alene, IDNTSB NYC79FNA08Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 150K · Stow, MANTSB NYC79FFA05Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182M · Albany, NYNTSB LAX79DUJ38Accident · No injuriesClosedGrum Amer AA1-A · Aguila, AZNTSB DEN79FTC05Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 172 · Rawlings, WYNTSB DEN79FQA12Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-24 · Roswell, NMNTSB CHI79FEE21Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Mendota, ILNTSB CHI79DEP15Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28R · Waupun, WINTSB CHI79DEP14Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Sturgeon Bay, WINTSB NYC79FHA05Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-24 · Blairstown, NJNTSB NYC79FGM08Accident · Minor injuriesClosedEnstrom F28A · Washington, PANTSB MKC79DCG16Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Buckner, MONTSB MIA79FLD23Accident · No injuriesClosedMooney M-20C · Windemere, FLNTSB MIA79DLG11Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172D · Johns Island, SCNTSB MIA79DLG10Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech B24 · Rock Hill, SCNTSB IAD79FA023Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper PA-34 · Blountville, TNNTSB CHI79FEE17Accident · 1 fatalClosedHawker TMK20 · Waukegan, ILNTSB CHI79FEE16Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-30 · Kankakee, ILNTSB CHI79DEV09Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Danville, ILNTSB SEA79DYM09Accident · No injuriesClosedHiller Acft Soloy · Toledo, ORNTSB OAK79DXQ08Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 206 · Mammoth Lakes, CANTSB OAK79DXQ07Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Susanville, CANTSB MKC79FCD06Accident · No injuriesClosedMooney M-20 · Des Moines, IANTSB MKC79FA009Accident · 2 fatalClosedBrantly B-2B · Sloan, IANTSB MKC79DER12Accident · Minor injuriesClosedAerospatial SA315B · Hinckley, MNNTSB LAX79FA017Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 210L · Irvine, CANTSB FTW79FA024Accident · 3 fatalClosedPiper PA-28 · Texarkana, ARNTSB DEN79FTE07Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-30 · Englewood, CONTSB CHI79FET09Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Three Oaks, MINTSB CHI79DEE33Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Elgin, ILNTSB MKC79DCQ05Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 182 · Dighton, KSNTSB MIA79FA031Accident · No injuriesClosedDouglas DC-3C · Belle Glade, FLNTSB LAX79DUJ23Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 210K · Show Low, AZNTSB IAD79DKM03Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Linville, NCNTSB FTW79FRD11Accident · No injuriesClosedAerospatial AS350C · Morgan City, LANTSB DEN79FA011Accident · Serious injuriesClosedAerospatial SA316B · Ogden, UTNTSB OAK79FVW02Accident · No injuriesClosedHiller Acft FH1100 · Boulder City, NVNTSB OAK79DVG07Accident · No injuriesClosedGrumman AA1-B · Auburn, CANTSB NYC79FGT07Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech C45H · Philipsburg, PANTSB NYC79DGM07Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Tarentum, PANTSB LAX79FUJ28Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 170B · Grnd Cyn Cvrns, AZNTSB LAX79DUQ09Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182 · Santa Barbara, CANTSB DEN79FTE09Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28R · Ft Collins, CONTSB CHI79DEP12Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 210 · Land O'Lakes, WINTSB OAK79FVD07Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Oakland, CANTSB MKC79FCA03Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182RG · Festus, MONTSB MIA79FKQ03Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182 · Bay St Louis, MSNTSB MIA79FKG12Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Atlanta, GANTSB LAX79FUJ19Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Scottsdale, AZNTSB LAX79FUA04Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 210J · Lomita, CA