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 LAX81DUG22Accident · No injuriesClosedLuscombe 8A · Searles Lake, CANTSB FTW81IA076Incident · No injuriesClosedBell 206B · Gulf Of Mexico (Gulf of Mexico)NTSB FTW81DPJ21Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna P210N · Ardmore, OKNTSB CHI81FEC23Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Hadley, MINTSB CHI81DA050Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 340A · Robinson, ILNTSB SEA81AA030Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 172N · Gorst, WANTSB NYC81FA042Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 401A · State College, PANTSB NYC81DHA09Accident · Minor injuriesClosedSikorsky S-55B · Stillwater, NJNTSB LAX81FUA07Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBellanca 8KCAB · San Pedro, CANTSB LAX81DUJ53Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Phoenix, AZNTSB LAX81DUJ52Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-31T · Williams, AZNTSB CHI81IA037Incident · No injuriesClosedHughes 369HS · Cahokia, ILNTSB CHI81DEC22Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172H · Mason, MINTSB ANC81DA046Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBell 206B · Red Mountain, AKNTSB NYC81FA041Accident · 2 fatalClosedCessna 320 · West Mifflin, PANTSB MKC81IA031Incident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-32 · St.Ansgar, IANTSB LAX81FUJ51Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Globe, AZNTSB LAX81FA106Accident · 2 fatalClosedCessna 177B · Frazier Park, CANTSB LAX81FA077Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 404 · Burbank, CANTSB LAX81FA076Accident · No injuriesClosedHughes 369D · Las Vegas, NVNTSB FTW81FQA25Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-23 · Taos, NMNTSB FTW81DRG30Accident · No injuriesClosedMaule M4-210 · Sandia, TXNTSB FTW81DRA23Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 188 · Francitas, TXNTSB CHI81DEP16Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150E · Palmyra, WINTSB ATL81FIJ05Accident · Serious injuriesClosedBell 47G · Sharples, WVNTSB ATL81DLA05Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Brunswick, GANTSB MKC81DCG31Accident · No injuriesClosedGrumman AA-1 · Osceola, MONTSB MIA81FA067Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Venice, FLNTSB FTW81FPJ20Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Dover, OKNTSB FTW81FA075Accident · 2 fatalClosedMitsubishi MU-2B · Lajitas, TXNTSB FTW81DRA24Accident · No injuriesClosedBoeing A75N1 · El Campo, TXNTSB ATL81FKQ07Accident · Minor injuriesClosedTaylorcraft DL-65 · Laurel, MSNTSB SEA81FA029Accident · Serious injuriesClosedVarieze Rutan · Elma, WANTSB MKC81FCQ30Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 188 · Selden, KSNTSB MKC81FCQ29Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Cullison, KSNTSB MKC81DCD16Accident · Serious injuriesClosedTaylorcraft BC12-D · Mystic, IANTSB MIA81FA066Accident · 2 fatalClosedBellanca 7GCBC · St Augustine, FLNTSB MIA81DKT45Accident · No injuriesClosedHughes 269C · Miami, FLNTSB LAX81FA075Accident · 1 fatalClosedMooney M20E · Banning, CANTSB FTW81FA074Accident · 4 fatalClosedBeech E35 · Fay, OKNTSB FTW81FA073Accident · 4 fatalClosedCessna 172N · Yoakum, TXNTSB DEN81FA028Accident · 2 fatalClosedCessna 172 · Tropic, UTNTSB CHIB1FEM14Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper J5A · Covert, MINTSB CHI81FEM13Accident · No injuriesClosedMaule M4 · Weidman, WINTSB CHI81FEG10Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172M · Miamisburg, OHNTSB ATL81FLQ14Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 172M · Monticello, KYNTSB ATL81FA067Accident · No injuriesClosedAdams A50S · Montevallo, ALNTSB ATL81DKG14Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Oglethorpe, GANTSB ANC81FA043Accident · No injuriesClosedNihon YS-11A · Sand Point, AKNTSB ANC81DA045Accident · No injuriesClosedC.A.S.A. C-212 · Kipnuk, AK