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 LAX81DVA34Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150M · Planada, CANTSB LAX81DVA32Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 170B · Five Points, CANTSB LAX81DA074Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Quinn River, NVNTSB DEN81FTM16Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Cedar City, UTNTSB CHI81FEC21Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-30 · Ann Arbor, MINTSB ANC81FAA12Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 180 · Boundary, AKNTSB SEA81FA027Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 175 · Burton, WANTSB NYC81FA039Accident · No injuriesClosedStinson 108-1 · Manahawkin, NJNTSB MKC81FA030Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28R · Hopkins, MONTSB LAX81FUJ49Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28R · Goodyear, AZNTSB LAX81DVG26Accident · No injuriesClosedGrumman G-164 · Liberty Island, CANTSB FTW81FA111Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper PA-23 · Palacios, TXNTSB DEN81FTE28Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Longmont, CONTSB CHI81FER31Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Worthington, MNNTSB ATL81IA064Incident · No injuriesClosedNamc YS-11 · Charlotte, NCNTSB ATL81DKW16Accident · No injuriesClosedHughes 369D · Ashland City, TNNTSB NYC81FGM17Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech B19 · Bridgeville, PANTSB NYC81FGM16Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 180 · Apollo, PANTSB MKC81FCQ25Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna A188B · Mcpherson, KSNTSB LAX81FVW11Accident · 1 fatalClosedBarton Bsby MM-1 · Shoshone, CANTSB LAX81FVD19Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBlanik L-13 · Fremont, CANTSB LAX81FVD18Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Oakland, CANTSB FTW81FRJ12Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-32 · Texarkana, ARNTSB FTW81FRG28Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Harlingen, TXNTSB FTW81FQG23Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Lubbock, TXNTSB DEN81DTI04Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 175 · Belgrade, MTNTSB CHI81FA047Accident · 1 fatalClosedNavion A · Platteville, ILNTSB CHI81FA046Accident · 2 fatalClosedBellanca 7KCAB · Lafayette, INNTSB ATL81DIA04Accident · No injuriesClosedGrum Amer AA1A · Culpeper, VANTSB LAX81FVG24Accident · Serious injuriesClosedBede BD-5B · Winters, CANTSB LAX81FVD17Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 182 · Hayward, CANTSB FTW81IA070Incident · No injuriesClosedBell 206B · Gulf Of Mexico (Atlantic Ocean)NTSB FTW81FA069Accident · Minor injuriesClosedAerospatial AS350D · Edmond, OKNTSB FTW81DQA23Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 177 · Questa, NMNTSB CHI81IA048Incident · No injuriesClosedN American 265-65 · Chicago, ILNTSB CHI81FA045Accident · 3 fatalClosedCessna 172N · Atlas, ILNTSB CHI81DEE29Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182M · Seneca, ILNTSB ATL81FIJ05Accident · Minor injuriesClosedHughes 269B · Hurricane, WVNTSB ATL81FA063Accident · 1 fatalClosedGrumman AA-5 · No.Sandbridge, VANTSB ATL81DKM07Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBeech C23 · Greensboro, NCNTSB NYC81FFJ09Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182 · Buffalo, NYNTSB NYC81FA038Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna U206 · Wsthampton Bch, NYNTSB MKC81DCQ26Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182 · Moundridge, KSNTSB MIA81FKJ06Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Defuniak Spgs, FLNTSB FTW81FQA22Accident · Serious injuriesClosedBeech C24R · Albuquerque, NMNTSB FTW81DPG17Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-25 · Monette, ARNTSB CHI81FER30Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna A188B · Wolverton, MNNTSB ATL81FKG12Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Dalton, GANTSB ATL81FA062Accident · 2 fatalClosedBeech 65-B80 · Pine Knot, KYNTSB ATL81FA061Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 188B · Hernando, MS