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 NYC81FNA24Accident · Minor injuriesClosedGrum Amer AA-1B · Tewksbury, MANTSB MKC81FA039Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 182 · New Virginia, IANTSB FTW81FPG40Accident · No injuriesClosedGrumman G-164B · Wynne, ARNTSB FTW81FA102Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-31P · Dallas, TXNTSB FTW81DRJ18Accident · No injuriesClosedGrumman G-164A · Bonita, LANTSB FTW81DPG41Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172RG · Grady, ARNTSB FTW81DPG38Accident · No injuriesClosedGrumman G-164 · Manila, ARNTSB NYC81FHA15Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech V35B · Stockton, NJNTSB NYC81FGM20Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBensen B8M · Greenville, PANTSB NYC81FA060Accident · 1 fatalClosedChance Vogt F4U-4 · Stratford, CTNTSB NYC81DFJ16Accident · No injuriesClosedSchweizer 126E · Mayville, NYNTSB MKC81DCQ41Accident · Minor injuriesClosedGrumman AA-5A · Beaumont, KSNTSB MKC81DCG38Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150L · Tiff City, MONTSB FTW81FRJ19Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182 · Simsboro, LANTSB FTW81FRA39Accident · No injuriesClosedBoeing A75N1 · Hockley, TXNTSB FTW81FPG39Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-24 · Stuttgart, ARNTSB FTW81FPD27Accident · No injuriesClosedMooney M20F · Fort Worth, TXNTSB FTW81DQD27Accident · No injuriesClosedThunder BLN AX7-65 · Las Cruces, NMNTSB DEN81FTC17Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna TR182 · Cheyenne, WYNTSB CHI81FEX15Accident · Serious injuriesClosedSmith Mini DSA-1 · Kokomo, INNTSB CHI81FET07Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPDQ 2-D · Ligonier, INNTSB CHI81FA063Accident · 1 fatalClosedBeech F33A · Spring Valley, ILNTSB CHI81DEP21Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Genoa City, WINTSB CHI81DEE38Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-25 · Paw Paw, ILNTSB ATL81FKQ13Accident · Serious injuriesClosedGrum Amer AA-5A · Liberty, MSNTSB ATL81FIG11Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBellanca 17-30 · Royal Oak, MDNTSB SEA83FA056Accident · 2 fatalClosedCessna 170 · Azalea, ORNTSB NYC81IA054Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Skullville, NJNTSB MKC81FCJ15Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 188 · Firth, NENTSB MKC81DCQ40Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna A152 · Eldorado, KSNTSB MIA81DLA28Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBellanca 7GCBC · New Smyrna Bch, FLNTSB MIA81DKT49Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Key Largo, FLNTSB LAX81FA096Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 172M · Crescent City, CANTSB LAX81DVG43Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Winters, CANTSB FTW81FQG36Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172G · Shallowater, TXNTSB FTW81FQD26Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBeech D17S · Canutillo, TXNTSB FTW81FA121Accident · 2 fatalClosedMooney M20J · Eagletown, OKNTSB FTW81DQA33Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Luna, NMNTSB DEN81FTM28Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 210 · Kanab, UTNTSB DEN81FTM26Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Thistle, UTNTSB DEN81FTG11Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper PA-18A · Sterling, NDNTSB DEN81FTC18Accident · Minor injuriesClosedAerospatle SA315B · Meeteetse, WYNTSB DEN81FTC16Accident · No injuriesClosedN American P-51D · Casper, WYNTSB CHI81FER42Accident · No injuriesClosedCallair A-9B · Hector, MNNTSB CHI81DEP23Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech C23 · Rockton, ILNTSB ATL81DKM13Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Charlotte, NCNTSB SEA81DYM27Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Astoria, ORNTSB NYC81DHA14Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150H · Tobyhanna, PANTSB MIA81FLD50Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-31 · Fort Myers, FLNTSB LAX81FVG41Accident · No injuriesClosedGrumman G-164 · Davis, CA