NTSB investigations, 1981
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\") = 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 CHI82FEV04Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 177B · Villa Grove, ILNTSB CHI82FA017Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper PA-28 · Preston, MNNTSB CHI82DEX02Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-22 · Anderson, INNTSB ANC82DAG13Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 185 · Sleetmute, AKNTSB SEA82FYK05Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28R · Cheshire, ORNTSB SEA82DYM06Accident · No injuriesClosedMitsubishi MU-2B · Madras, ORNTSB MKC82DCD04Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Iowa Falls, IANTSB LAX82DUM05Accident · Minor injuriesClosedHughes 369 · Winterhaven, CANTSB FTW82DRA12Accident · No injuriesClosedGrum Amer AA-5B · Conroe, TXNTSB FTW82DPJ08Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150J · Sulphur, OKNTSB CHI82DER17Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-38 · Albert Lea, MNNTSB CHI82DAMS1Accident · 3 fatalClosedCessna 182A · Missing AircraftNTSB ANC82FA009Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-32 · Tuntutuliak, AKNTSB SEA82DYM07Accident · No injuriesClosedHiller Acft UH-12E · Nashville, ORNTSB NYC82FFJ09Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-28R · Syracuse, NYNTSB LAX82FVM04Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 402 · Pacific Grove, CANTSB LAX82FVM03Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna T210N · San Francisco, CANTSB LAX82FVA09Accident · No injuriesClosedAero Comdr S-2R · Corcoran, CANTSB LAX82FUJ16Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 140 · Cottonwood, AZNTSB LAX82FA023Accident · 3 fatalClosedCessna 210L · Douglas, AZNTSB FTW82DA028Accident · No injuriesClosedBell 206B · Gulf Of Mexico (Atlantic Ocean)NTSB DEN82DTM06Accident · No injuriesClosedBell 206B · Fruitland, UTNTSB DEN81DTG03Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Trotter, NDNTSB SEA82IA009Incident · No injuriesClosedCessna 207 · Belfair, WANTSB SEA82DYP06Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172G · Mattawa, WANTSB LAX82DUJ19Accident · No injuriesClosedMooney M20E · Chandler, AZNTSB MIA82FA015Accident · 2 fatalClosedMooney M20F · Richmond, VANTSB ATL82FID04Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 150 · Chesapeake, VANTSB ATL82FA026Accident · 2 fatalClosedBeech A24R · The Plains, VANTSB ATL82FA024Accident · 2 fatalClosedCessna 210N · Rock Hill, SCNTSB ATL82FA023Accident · 2 fatalClosedCessna 310K · Gainsville, GANTSB SEA82IA008Incident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-31 · Seattle, WANTSB LAX82FVD06Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech C23 · Hayward, CANTSB FTW82FQA10Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182RG · Tucumcari, NMNTSB FTW81IA027Incident · No injuriesClosedBeech A36 · Fayetteville, ARNTSB CHI82FEX01Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-31T · Madison, INNTSB CHI82FER15Accident · Minor injuriesClosedMooney M20K · Buffalo, MNNTSB ATL82FLG04Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-32 · Columbia, SCNTSB ATL82FIG04Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172N · Stevensville, MDNTSB ATL82DLQ04Accident · No injuriesClosedAdams A50S · Nicholasville, KYNTSB SEA82FA007Accident · 4 fatalClosedPiper PA-28 · Longview, WANTSB SEA82DYE03Accident · No injuriesClosedLuscombe 8A · Friday Harbor, WANTSB MKC82DCQ06Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182 · Garden City, KSNTSB MKC82DCG10Accident · No injuriesClosedMustang II · Kearney, MONTSB FTW82FA026Accident · 2 fatalClosedBeech V35A · Addison, TXNTSB FTW82DQG08Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-31 · Guthrie, TXNTSB FTW82DQD06Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 310 · Horizon City, TXNTSB FTW82DA024Accident · 1 fatalClosedGrum Amer AA-5B · Eagle Lake, TXNTSB CHI82DEP11Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Monroe, WINTSB LAX82FVM02Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech 95-B55 · King City, CA