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 MIA81FKT82Accident · 1 fatalClosedBuehler Exec · Ft Lauderdale, FLNTSB MIA81FA089Accident · 2 fatalClosedCessna 172P · Hollister, FLNTSB MIA81DKJ11Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-25 · Navarre, FLNTSB FTW81FQA34Accident · No injuriesClosedBellanca 17-30 · Albuquerque, NMNTSB FTW81DPM15Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna A188B · Mcalester, OKNTSB CHI81FA070Accident · 5 fatalClosedCessna 401 · Muskegon, MINTSB ATL81FKQ18Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna A188B · Carpenter, MSNTSB ANC81FA088Accident · No injuriesClosedHughes 500D · Farewell, AKNTSB ANC81FA073Accident · Serious injuriesClosedDehavilland DHC-2 · Anchorage, AKNTSB ANC81DAG47Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-12 · Anchorage, AKNTSB SEA81DYE33Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 310D · Rochester, WANTSB SEA81DYE32Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Seattle, WANTSB NYC81FNA17Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Haverhill, MANTSB NYC81FGT06Accident · No injuriesClosedBell 47G · Shrewsbury, PANTSB NYC81FFJ19Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Hornell, NYNTSB MKC81FCA17Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-22 · Washington, MONTSB LAX81DVG47Accident · No injuriesClosedGrumman G-164 · Colusa, CANTSB DEN81DTE49Accident · No injuriesClosedHelio H-295 · Alamosa, CONTSB CHI81FEI24Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech A23 · Wooster, OHNTSB CHI81FEI23Accident · Minor injuriesClosedLuscombe 8A · Northfield, OHNTSB ATL81FLJ11Accident · Minor injuriesClosedErco 415-E · Southport, NCNTSB MIA81FKA07Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBeech S35 · St. Thomas, VINTSB LAX81FVW14Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna P210N · Tonopah, NVNTSB LAX81FUJ75Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 140 · Glendale, AZNTSB LAX81FUG33Accident · 1 fatalClosedSchweizer 1-26D · Hemet, CANTSB LAX81DVG48Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Georgetown, CANTSB LAX81DUG31Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-24 · Chino, CANTSB FTW81FQD28Accident · No injuriesClosedLuscombe 8A · El Paso, TXNTSB FTW81DPM14Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Whitefield, OKNTSB CHI81FET09Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna R182 · Plymouth, INNTSB CHI81FEK25Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBoeing B75N1 · Richwood, OHNTSB CHI81FEC29Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Linden, MINTSB CHI81FA069Accident · Serious injuriesClosedRockwell 680V · Minneapolis, MNNTSB CHI81FA068Accident · 4 fatalClosedGrum Amer AA-5A · Mccordsville, INNTSB CHI81DEP26Accident · No injuriesClosedGrumman AA-5A · Rio, WINTSB CHI81DCA08Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-25 · Belleville, ILNTSB ATL81FKJ38Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna U206 · Elberta, ALNTSB ANC81DAG52Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 180 · Copenhagen Ck, AKNTSB NYC81FHM09Accident · Minor injuriesClosedEngr & Rsch 415-D · Matawan, NJNTSB NYC81FGM21Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Breezewood, PANTSB NYC81FA068Accident · 3 fatalClosedBeech A24R · Manahawkin, NJNTSB NYC81DNC15Accident · No injuriesClosedGlasflugel ST-LIB · Graniteville, VTNTSB MIA81FLA29Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 182 · Deland, FLNTSB LAX81FVD31Accident · No injuriesClosedCon Aernaut LA-4 · Concord, CANTSB LAX81DVD30Accident · No injuriesClosedAeronca KCA · Willits, CANTSB LAX81DVA51Accident · No injuriesClosedHiller Acft UH-12E · Delano, CANTSB FTW81IA112Incident · No injuriesClosedAerospatial AS350 · Port Arthur, TXNTSB FTW81DPJ31Accident · No injuriesClosedN Amer Avn AT-6 · Chickasha, OKNTSB FTW81DPG49Accident · No injuriesClosedRockwell S2R · Bono, ARNTSB DEN81IA046Incident · No injuriesClosedBoeing 727 · Denver, CO