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NTSB investigations, IN

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.

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Query with SQL

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" = 'IN' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA' ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC

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\" = 'IN' 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" = 'IN' 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 UNK64X1602Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · St Meinrad, INMay 3, 1964 · N7115X · Substantial damage NTSB UNK64X1598Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Clayton, INMay 3, 1964 · N5517E · Substantial damage NTSB UNK64X1487Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA24 · Gary, INApr 27, 1964 · N6100R · Substantial damage NTSB UNK64X1337Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 170B · North Judson, INApr 16, 1964 · N1897C · Substantial damage NTSB UNK64X1203Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA22 · Dyer, INApr 6, 1964 · N4876Z · Substantial damage NTSB UNK64X1145Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA22 · Richmond, INApr 3, 1964 · N5942Z · Substantial damage NTSB UNK64X1142Accident · No injuriesClosedBeechcraft 55 · Laporte, INApr 3, 1964 · N1286Z · Substantial damage NTSB UNK64X1096Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBeechcraft B95 · Columbia City, INMar 29, 1964 · N9959R · Substantial damage NTSB UNK64X1084Accident · 4 fatalClosedPiper PA-28 · Auburn, INMar 28, 1964 · N7551W · Destroyed NTSB UNK64X1074Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA28 · Bloomington, INMar 28, 1964 · N7291W · Substantial damage NTSB UNK64X0935Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBell 47J2 · Tell City, INMar 15, 1964 · N73945 · Destroyed NTSB UNK64X0885Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA28 · New Castle, INMar 11, 1964 · N7276W · Substantial damage NTSB UNK64X0778Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA24 · Crawfordsvill, INMar 1, 1964 · N6747P · Substantial damage NTSB UNK64X0694Accident · No injuriesClosedGrumman G73 · Frankfort, INFeb 26, 1964 · N2947 · Substantial damage NTSB UNK64X0691Accident · 3 fatalClosedPiper PA-23 · Valparaiso, INFeb 25, 1964 · N8690E · Destroyed NTSB UNK64X0658Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA22 · Lake Village, INFeb 22, 1964 · N4652Z · Substantial damage NTSB UNK64X0655Accident · No injuriesClosedNo American P51 · La Porte, INFeb 22, 1964 · N6345T · Substantial damage NTSB UNK64X0652Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA22 · Indianapolis, INFeb 22, 1964 · N3314A · Substantial damage NTSB UNK64X0635Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182 · Griffith, INFeb 21, 1964 · N8985T · Substantial damage NTSB UNK64X0584Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182 · Auburn, INFeb 16, 1964 · N9995T · Substantial damage NTSB UNK64X0571Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA24 · Gary, INFeb 15, 1964 · N7614P · Substantial damage NTSB UNK64X0569Accident · No injuriesClosedBeechcraft 23 · Indianapolis, INFeb 15, 1964 · N2334Z · Substantial damage NTSB UNK64X0439Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182 · Dyer, INFeb 2, 1964 · N3949D · Substantial damage NTSB UNK64X0427Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 120 · Wabash, INFeb 1, 1964 · N76782 · Substantial damage NTSB UNK64X0336Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 172 · Lochiel, INJan 23, 1964 · N2753U · Destroyed NTSB UNK64X0283Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182 · Vincennes, INJan 18, 1964 · N8468T · Substantial damage NTSB UNK64X0112Accident · No injuriesClosedLockheed 18 · Anderson, INJan 2, 1964 · N5114 · Substantial damage NTSB CHI64A0027Accident · No injuriesClosedDouglas DC-6 · Indianapolis, INAug 13, 1963 · N1907M · Substantial damage