NTSB investigations, IL
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 c.\"eventStateOrRegion\" = 'IL' AND c.\"eventCountry\" = 'USA' 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 c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'IL' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA' 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 CHI81FEV19Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Vandalia, ILNTSB CHI81DEV17Accident · No injuriesClosedBalloon WKS 7B · Normal, ILNTSB CHI81FCA06Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Waterloo, ILNTSB CHI81DEV16Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172M · Macomb, ILNTSB CHI81FEV14Accident · Serious injuriesClosedBell 47G-2 · Breese, ILNTSB CHI81FEV13Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150M · Williamsville, ILNTSB CHI81DEV12Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Urbana, ILNTSB CHI81DEV15Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Monmouth, ILNTSB CHI81DA050Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 340A · Robinson, ILNTSB CHI81IA037Incident · No injuriesClosedHughes 369HS · Cahokia, ILNTSB CHI81FCA05Accident · No injuriesClosedHiller UH-12D · Cahokia, ILNTSB CHI81DEE32Accident · Minor injuriesClosedGrumman AA-5A · Naperville, ILNTSB CHI81DEE31Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Chicago, ILNTSB CHI81IA049Incident · No injuriesClosedBeech G18S · Chicago, ILNTSB CHI81DEE30Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Morris, ILNTSB CHI81FA047Accident · 1 fatalClosedNavion A · Platteville, ILNTSB CHI81IA048Incident · No injuriesClosedN American 265-65 · Chicago, ILNTSB CHI81FA045Accident · 3 fatalClosedCessna 172N · Atlas, ILNTSB CHI81DEE29Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182M · Seneca, ILNTSB CHI81DEV11Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Metropolis, ILNTSB CHI81DEE28Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Aurora, ILNTSB CHI81FEE26Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Hoffman Est, ILNTSB CHI81DEE27Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Rock Falls, ILNTSB CHI81DEE24Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-23 · Morris, ILNTSB CHI81DEE23Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Lansing, ILNTSB CHI81FEV10Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 195 · Pekin, ILNTSB CHI81FA033Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 172M · Quincy, ILNTSB CHI81FEE21Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 150F · Marengo, ILNTSB CHI81IA031Incident · No injuriesClosedDouglas DC-6A · East Alton, ILNTSB CHI81FEV09Accident · Serious injuriesClosedBell 206 · Duquoin, ILNTSB CHI81FEC15Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Warren, ILNTSB CHI81DEE20Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Joliet, ILNTSB CHI81FEE22Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-24 · Manteno, ILNTSB CHI81FA022Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 150M · Timewell, ILNTSB CHI81DEE17Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 182 · Roselle, ILNTSB CHI81FEE19Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBeech 58P · West Chicago, ILNTSB CHI81FEE18Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 340A · Sugar Grove, ILNTSB CHI81FEE16Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Downers Grove, ILNTSB CHI81IA021Incident · No injuriesClosedBeech 99 · Chicago, ILNTSB CHI81DA018CaseClosedBeech H18S · Chicago, ILNTSB CHI81FEE14Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 310J · Waukegan, ILNTSB CHI81FEV08Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 177RG · Meyer, ILNTSB CHI81FEV07Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-22 · Germantown Hls, ILNTSB CHI81DEE13Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182RG · Lansing, ILNTSB CHI81FEE15Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 170B · Roscoe, ILNTSB CHI81FEE12Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-31 · Chicago, ILNTSB CHI81DEE11Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 414 · Wheeling, ILNTSB CHI81FEE10Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBeech C24R · West Chicago, ILNTSB CHI81FA008Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper PA-24 · Annawan, ILNTSB CHI81DEV06Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Urbana, IL