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"

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NTSB SEA81DYP19Accident · No injuriesClosedAir Tractor AT-301 · Prescott, WAMay 28, 1981 · N8827S · Substantial damageNTSB MIA81DLA27Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Keystone Hgts, FLMay 28, 1981 · N5309K · Substantial damageNTSB LAX81FA092Accident · 2 fatalClosedBeech 58 · Avalon, CAMay 28, 1981 · N140S · DestroyedNTSB LAX81DVA43Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech A36 · Bakersfield, CAMay 28, 1981 · N636M · Substantial damageNTSB FTW81FPG35Accident · 1 fatalClosedAyers S2R · West Bay, ARMay 28, 1981 · N5630X · Substantial damageNTSB FTW81FPA14Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-25 · Cooper, TXMay 28, 1981 · N8590L · Substantial damageNTSB FTW81FA097Accident · 4 fatalClosedBeech A-36TC · Shreveport, LAMay 28, 1981 · N6749H · DestroyedNTSB FTW81DPG34Accident · No injuriesClosedGrumman G-164B · Griffithville, ARMay 28, 1981 · N6564 · DestroyedNTSB CHI81FA060Accident · 1 fatalClosedBellanca 17-31A · Grundy County, ILMay 28, 1981 · N9590E · DestroyedNTSB ATL81FKQ11Accident · 1 fatalClosedAyres S2R · Hollandale, MSMay 28, 1981 · N5053X · DestroyedNTSB ATL81FA079Accident · 3 fatalClosedCessna 182 · Elizabethton, TNMay 28, 1981 · N444SP · DestroyedNTSB ATL81DKM12Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172M · Concord, NCMay 28, 1981 · N21265 · Substantial damageNTSB ANC81IA056Incident · No injuriesClosedBoeing 737 · Dillingham, AKMay 28, 1981 · N4951W · Minor damageNTSB NYC81DHM08Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28R · La Grangeville, NYMay 27, 1981 · N74HB · Substantial damageNTSB MKC81FA037Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 210N · Olathe, KSMay 27, 1981 · N7317A · Substantial damageNTSB MKC81DCD19Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Leland, IAMay 27, 1981 · N4431J · Substantial damageNTSB LAX81FA091Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper PA-30 · Moreno, CAMay 27, 1981 · N8457Y · DestroyedNTSB FTW81FQG35Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech 58P · Amarillo, TXMay 27, 1981 · N6019S · Substantial damageNTSB FTW81FQD25Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 402 · Cliff, NMMay 27, 1981 · N2AQ · DestroyedNTSB FTW81DRJ16Accident · No injuriesClosedGrumman G-164 · Jones, LAMay 27, 1981 · N612U · DestroyedNTSB FTW81DPG29Accident · No injuriesClosedAyers S2R · Stuttgart, ARMay 27, 1981 · N5004X · Substantial damageNTSB DEN81FTI08Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 188B · Turner, MTMay 27, 1981 · N4827Q · Substantial damageNTSB CHI81FA059Accident · 2 fatalClosedCessna 310R · Grand Rapids, MIMay 27, 1981 · N2636L · DestroyedNTSB MKC81FCG36Accident · No injuriesClosedBell 47J-2 · Branson, MOMay 26, 1981 · N73265 · Substantial damageNTSB MKC81FCG35Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Vibbard, MOMay 26, 1981 · N53393 · Substantial damageNTSB LAX81FJA10Accident · No injuriesClosedHiller Acft UH-12E · Lahaina, HIMay 26, 1981 · N4027G · Substantial damageNTSB FTW81IA096Incident · No injuriesClosedSikorsky S-76 · Ss Block 214 (Gulf of Mexico)May 26, 1981 · N1547D · Minor damageNTSB FTW81FRA36Accident · No injuriesClosedGrumman G-164A · Garwood, TXMay 26, 1981 · N9717 · DestroyedNTSB FTW81FQG29Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-25 · New Deal, TXMay 26, 1981 · N4760Y · Substantial damageNTSB FTW81FA095Accident · 2 fatalClosedPiper PA-32 · Moulton, TXMay 26, 1981 · N3582W · DestroyedNTSB FTW81DQD24Accident · No injuriesClosedPitts SC-1 · Carlsbad, NMMay 26, 1981 · N137NB · Substantial damageNTSB FTW81DPG33Accident · Serious injuriesClosedAir Tractor AT-300 · Foreman, ARMay 26, 1981 · N4323S · DestroyedNTSB ANC81DAG37Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna A185F · Anchorage, AKMay 26, 1981 · N183Z · Substantial damageNTSB SEA81FA038Accident · 3 fatalClosedPiper PA-28 · Malad City, IDMay 25, 1981 · N2816F · DestroyedNTSB NYC81FHM07Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · New Milford, NJMay 25, 1981 · N2257Q · Substantial damageNTSB NYC81FHJ07Accident · No injuriesClosedLuscombe 8A · East Moriches, NYMay 25, 1981 · N71983 · DestroyedNTSB NYC81DNC12Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Allagash River, MEMay 25, 1981 · N1367C · Substantial damageNTSB NYC81DHA13Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-32 · Factoryville, PAMay 25, 1981 · N32303 · Substantial damageNTSB MKC81DCJ13Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Boelus, NEMay 25, 1981 · N8740U · DestroyedNTSB LAX81FVG39Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-25 · Sacramento, CAMay 25, 1981 · N9617P · Substantial damageNTSB LAX81FUA09Accident · Minor injuriesClosedRand KR2 · Huntington Bch, CAMay 25, 1981 · N88GH · 2 aircraft · DestroyedNTSB LAX81DVG38Accident · No injuriesClosedLuscombe 8A · Paskenta, CAMay 25, 1981 · N37081 · Substantial damageNTSB LAX81DVD26Accident · No injuriesClosedPitts S-1 · Tracy, CAMay 25, 1981 · N21JV · Substantial damageNTSB LAX81DVD25Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 180 · Concord, CAMay 25, 1981 · N6522A · Substantial damageNTSB LAX81DVA41Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech K35 · Groveland, CAMay 25, 1981 · N9570R · Substantial damageNTSB LAX81DUJ64Accident · No injuriesClosedBell 47G3B2 · Tucson, AZMay 25, 1981 · N4055G · Substantial damageNTSB FTW81FPA13Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 500 · Mesquite, TXMay 25, 1981 · N44RD · Substantial damageNTSB FTW81DRJ15Accident · No injuriesClosedWSK PZL M-18 · Crowville, LAMay 25, 1981 · N4226N · Substantial damageNTSB DEN81DTK09Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna T188C · White Lake, SDMay 25, 1981 · N2559J · Substantial damageNTSB CHI81FEP19Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-12 · Spring Green, WIMay 25, 1981 · N78459 · Substantial damage