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 LAX81DXQ23Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Carson City, NVNTSB FTW81DRJ20Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-24 · Many, LANTSB FTW81DRG49Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Concepcion, TXNTSB DEN81FTG12Accident · 1 fatalClosedBellanca 8GCBC · Rugby, NDNTSB CHI81FEK21Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-30 · Newark, OHNTSB ATL81DA085Accident · No injuriesClosedBell 47G-4 · Jackson, MSNTSB NYC81FFJ14Accident · No injuriesClosedCurtiss Pusher · Endicott, NYNTSB NYC81DA065Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182 · Pittstown, NJNTSB LAX81FUA11Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech 35 · Long Beach, CANTSB LAX81FA098Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper PA-12 · Five Points, CANTSB DEN81FTE48Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-38 · Grand Junction, CONTSB DEN81FA044Accident · 2 fatalClosedCessna 172 · Price, UTNTSB CHI81IA067Incident · No injuriesClosedSwearingen 226TC · Chicago, ILNTSB CHI81DEE41Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Kankakee, ILNTSB ATL81FLG13Accident · Serious injuriesClosedQuail 1 · Greer, SCNTSB ANC81FA071Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper J3C-65 · North Pole, AKNTSB ANC81FA069Accident · 5 fatalClosedCessna 207 · Mt Denali, AKNTSB ANC81DAA18Accident · No injuriesClosedLuscombe 8F · Hughes, AKNTSB SEA81FYP23Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-28R · Sunnyside, WANTSB SEA81DYM29Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-25 · La Grande, ORNTSB NYC81IA061Incident · Minor injuriesClosedShort Bros SD3-30 · Wilkes Barre, PANTSB NYC81FA062Accident · 2 fatalClosedAerostar 601P · Oxford, CTNTSB MKC81DCJ20Accident · No injuriesClosedGrumman G-164B · Ravenna, NENTSB MKC81DCD22Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172D · Laurens, IANTSB MIA81IA086Incident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-23 · Miami, FLNTSB MIA81DLA21Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Waldo, FLNTSB MIA81DKJ10Accident · No injuriesClosedGrumman G-164A · Vernon, FLNTSB FTW81FRG50Accident · No injuriesClosedAero Comdr S2R · Mcallen, TXNTSB DEN81FTM30Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Roosevelt, UTNTSB DEN81FTE57Accident · No injuriesClosedPitts S1C · Ft Collins, CONTSB DEN81FTE46Accident · Serious injuriesClosedEiriavion Oypik · Aspen, CONTSB CHI81DEP24Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Franksville, WINTSB CHI81DEP20Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Medford, WINTSB SEA81FA042Accident · 3 fatalClosedPiper PA-28 · Bliss, IDNTSB NYC81FHJ09Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-38 · Shirley, NYNTSB MKC81FCG41Accident · No injuriesClosedTravel Air D4D · Kansas City, KSNTSB MKC81DCJ17Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Hastings, NENTSB LAX81DVG45Accident · Minor injuriesClosedSchweizer 2-32 · Calistoga, CANTSB FTW81FPG50Accident · No injuriesClosedHiller Acft UH-12E · Warren, ARNTSB DEN81FTM31Accident · No injuriesClosedNavion A · West Jordan, UTNTSB DEN81FTK13Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper PA-28 · Rapid City, SDNTSB ATL81FKQ16Accident · Serious injuriesClosedBeech A23 · Lyman, MSNTSB ATL81DLJ10Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150M · Farmville, NCNTSB ATL81DKQ17Accident · No injuriesClosedGrumman G-164A · West Point, MSNTSB ANC81DAG44Accident · No injuriesClosedMaule M-5 · Anchorage, AKNTSB SEA81DYA14Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-32R · Stanley, IDNTSB MKC81DCQ44Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech C23 · Fowler, KSNTSB MKC81DCQ43Accident · No injuriesClosedBell 47G-2 · Sublette, KSNTSB MKC81DCD21Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Arlington, IANTSB MIA81IA085Incident · No injuriesClosedBoeing 707 · Miami, FL