NTSB investigations, LA
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 c.\"eventStateOrRegion\" = 'LA' 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" = 'LA' 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 FTW71DRD13Accident · No injuriesClosedSnow S2C · Eunice, LANTSB FTW71DRD11Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 180F · Port Sulphur, LANTSB FTW71FRD10Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 210J · Kenner, LANTSB FTW71DRD12Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 180 · Venice, LANTSB FTW71DRD09Accident · Minor injuriesClosedAero Cmdr 600S2D · Napoleonville, LANTSB FTW71FRJ11Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Marthaville, LANTSB FTW71DRJ10Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-25 · Wisner, LANTSB FTW71FRJ09Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-25 · Cheneyville, LANTSB FTW71FRJ08Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-18A · Colfax, LANTSB FTW71AF005Accident · No injuriesClosedChampion 7GCAA · Wisner, LANTSB FTW71DRJ12Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 170 · Florien, LANTSB FTW71DRJ07Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-24 · Cottonport, LANTSB FTW71DRD08Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Houma, LANTSB FTW71DRD07Accident · No injuriesClosedBoeing A75 · Melville, LANTSB FTW71FRJ06Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172K · Homer, LANTSB FTW71FRJ05Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBeech A-23A · Monroe, LANTSB FTW71FRJ04Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna A150K · Doyline, LANTSB FTW71FRD06Accident · Serious injuriesClosedLuscombe 8A · Jennings, LANTSB FTW71AF004Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBell 47G-4A · Leeville, LANTSB FTW71FRJ02Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 188 · Vidalia, LANTSB FTW71FRD05Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 182A · Covington, LANTSB FTW71FRD04Accident · 2 fatalClosedPiper PA-18A · Crowley, LANTSB FTW71FRD03Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Westwego, LANTSB FTW71DRD02Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 180H · Houma, LANTSB FTW71DRD01Accident · No injuriesClosedGrumman G-164 · Lebeau, LANTSB FTW70FRD23Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBell 47J · Cameron, LANTSB FTW70DRJ10Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 170B · Alexandria, LANTSB FTW70DRD21Accident · No injuriesClosedGrumman G-164 · Manchester, LANTSB FTW70AF079Accident · No injuriesClosedVickers 810 · Alexandria, LANTSB FTW70FRD18Accident · No injuriesClosedGrumman G-164 · Ville Platte, LANTSB FTW70AF081Accident · Serious injuriesClosedDouglas DC-8 · Grand Isle, LANTSB FTW70DRD22Accident · No injuriesClosedBoeing A75N1 · Crowley, LANTSB FTW70DRD17Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Lake Charles, LANTSB FTW70FRD15Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-24 · Opelousas, LANTSB FTW70FRD14Accident · Minor injuriesClosedGrumman G-164A · Iota, LANTSB FTW70DRD26Accident · No injuriesClosedGrumman G-44 · New Orleans, LANTSB FTW70DRD13Accident · No injuriesClosedBoeing B75N1 · Lake Charles, LANTSB FTW70DRJ08Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Hornbeck, LANTSB FTW70FRJ07Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper PA-25 · St.Joseph, LANTSB FTW70AF068Accident · No injuriesClosedBell 206A · Morgan City, LANTSB FTW70DRD12Accident · No injuriesClosedBell 205A · Morgan City, LANTSB FTW70DRD19Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Crowley, LANTSB FTW70FRD10Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 150H · Franklinton, LANTSB FTW70FRJ05Accident · No injuriesClosedAero Comdr 500B · Alexandria, LANTSB FTW70DRD09Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 177 · Lacassine, LANTSB FTW70DRD07Accident · Minor injuriesClosedTaylorcraft BC12-D · Melville, LANTSB FTW70DRD08Accident · No injuriesClosedBoeing B75NL · Lake Charles, LANTSB FTW70AF059Accident · Minor injuriesClosedSikorsky S-62 · Morgan City, LANTSB FTW70DRJ04Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Rayville, LANTSB FTW70DRD06Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 180F · Grand Isle, LA