NTSB investigations, 1981
180,630 investigations by the National Transportation Safety Board since 1962: 174,609 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 FTW81FRD30Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-38 · Lafayette, LANTSB FTW81FA108Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna R182 · Abilene, TXNTSB FTW81DA107Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Angleton, TXNTSB DEN81FA041Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna T210L · Sioux Falls, SDNTSB CHI81FEV21Accident · 1 fatalClosedTexas Hel OH-13H · Danville, ILNTSB ATL81DLJ08Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Knightdale, NCNTSB ATL81DLA07Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Folkston, GANTSB ATL81DKQ15Accident · No injuriesClosedEmair MA-1B · Webb, MSNTSB NYC81IA058Incident · No injuriesClosedCessna 402B · Jamaica, NYNTSB LAX81FXQ20Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna T210F · S.Lake Tahoe, CANTSB LAX81DVM24Accident · No injuriesClosedHiller Acft UH-12E · Shandon, CANTSB DEN81FTK11Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 182Q · Rapid City, SDNTSB CHI81FEK19Accident · No injuriesClosedHiller UH-12D · Junction City, OHNTSB CHI81FEE40Accident · No injuriesClosedMooney M20F · West Chicago, ILNTSB ANC81DAG63Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Copper Center, AKNTSB SEA81FA041Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-24 · Bellevue, WANTSB LAX81FVG42Accident · 2 fatalClosedG.B.Assoc GB-1 · Pope Valley, CANTSB LAX81FUJ67Accident · Minor injuriesClosedGuppy SNS-2 · Tucson, AZNTSB LAX81DVA46Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-30 · Visalia, CANTSB LAX81DUQ24Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Santa Paula, CANTSB FTW81FRG43Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-23 · Carrizo Sprgs, TXNTSB FTW81FA106Accident · 3 fatalClosedBellanca 7ECA · Anahuac, TXNTSB DEN81FTA08Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 188A · Lavina, MTNTSB CHI81DEM22Accident · No injuriesClosedMaule M-5 · Gaylord, MINTSB ATL81IA082Incident · No injuriesClosedGrum Amer AA-5A · Clarksburg, WVNTSB ATL81FLG12Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Saluda, SCNTSB ATL81FKG26Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Reynolds, GANTSB ATL81FKG25Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172F · Statesboro, GANTSB ANC81FA063Accident · Serious injuriesClosedBell 204-B · Ketchikan, AKNTSB SEA81FYP22Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Pasco, WANTSB NYC81FHD28Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Hamilton Sq, NJNTSB DEN81FA043Accident · 3 fatalClosedBeech C24R · Leadville, CONTSB CHI81IA065Incident · No injuriesClosedMitsubishi MU-2B · Middletown, OHNTSB CHI81FEX17Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 402 · Jeffersonville, INNTSB CHI81DEM21Accident · No injuriesClosedMaule M-5 · Gaylord, MINTSB CHI81DEE39Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 177RG · Kewanee, ILNTSB ANC81DAG43Accident · No injuriesClosedMaule M-5 · Zachery Bay, AKNTSB SEA81FA040Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper PA-24 · Riverside, ORNTSB NYC81FFA17Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172M · Lake Huntngton, NYNTSB NYC81FA056Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech G18S · New Cumberland, PANTSB MIA81DKT83Accident · No injuriesClosedGrumman G-164A · Immokalee, FLNTSB MIA81DKT77Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172M · Key West, FLNTSB FTW81IA104Incident · No injuriesClosedCessna 180K · Yukon, OKNTSB FTW81FPJ28Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 182A · Thomas, OKNTSB FTW81FPG45Accident · 1 fatalClosedGrumman G-164A · Lonoke, ARNTSB FTW81DRG42Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 177RG · Austin, TXNTSB FTW81DQG37Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-25 · Big Spring, TXNTSB FTW81DPG46Accident · No injuriesClosedGrumman G-164 · Holly Grove, ARNTSB DEN81FTE45Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 185F · Crested Butte, CONTSB DEN81FTA09Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 188 · Flaxville, MT