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 ANC81IA041Incident · No injuriesClosedMckinnon G-21 · Ketchikan, AKNTSB ANC81DA042Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 310E · Elmendorf Afb, AKNTSB MKC81FCQ24Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 188B · Mcpherson, KSNTSB MKC81FCQ23Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Girard, KSNTSB MKC81FCG29Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-25 · Clever, MONTSB MKC81FCD14Accident · Serious injuriesClosedMooney M20K · Iowa City, IANTSB MKC81FCA09Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Warrenton, MONTSB MKC81FA029Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPitts S-1S · Goddard, KSNTSB MIA81FLA19Accident · No injuriesClosedStarduster TOO · Jacksonville, FLNTSB FTW81IA067Incident · No injuriesClosedBell 222 · Lake Charles, LANTSB FTW81FPJ18Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Bethany, OKNTSB FTW81FPJ16Accident · No injuriesClosedGrumman G-164B · Billings, OKNTSB FTW81FA068Accident · 2 fatalClosedRobinson R22 · El Paso, TXNTSB FTW81DPJ15Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 188 · Seiling, OKNTSB DEN81FTM15Accident · 1 fatalClosedLockheed P-38 · Salt Lake City, UTNTSB DEN81FTC12Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Ft Bridger, WYNTSB DEN81FA027Accident · 3 fatalClosedPiper PA-28 · Chamberlain, SDNTSB CHI81FET06Accident · No injuriesClosedLake LA-4 · Laporte, INNTSB CHI81FA044Accident · 2 fatalClosedAeronca 65-TAL · West Olive, MINTSB CHI81DEP14Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Platteville, WINTSB ATL81IA060Incident · Minor injuriesClosedBoeing 727 · Washington, DCNTSB ATL81DKJ17Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Maysville, ALNTSB ANC81DA040Accident · No injuriesClosedEnstrom F280C · Aniak, AKNTSB MKC81FA028Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper PA-28 · Dixon, IANTSB MKC81FA027Accident · 2 fatalClosedPiper PA-28 · Creston, IANTSB LAX81FUA06Accident · No injuriesClosedRobinson R-22 · Long Beach, CANTSB LAX81DVG23Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Yuba City, CANTSB FTW81DQG21Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172P · Paducah, TXNTSB FTW81DPJ14Accident · No injuriesClosedBoeing A75 · Covington, OKNTSB DCA81AA013Incident · No injuriesClosedBoeing 727 · Jamaica, NYNTSB CHI81FER32Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-38 · Blaine, MNNTSB ATL81FKW15Accident · No injuriesClosedEnstrom F-28A · Knoxville, TNNTSB NYC81FNE15Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Belchertown, MANTSB NYC81FGM15Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172E · Irwin, PANTSB MIA81FLA18Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 210L · Lake City, FLNTSB LAX81FA070Accident · Serious injuriesClosedBell 206B · Santa Monica, CANTSB LAX81DXQ15Accident · No injuriesClosedBoeing E75 · Silver Springs, NVNTSB FTW81IA066Incident · No injuriesClosedSikorsky S-76A · Morgan City, LANTSB FTW81FQG22Accident · Serious injuriesClosedQuickie 01 · Abernathy, TXNTSB DEN81FTK08Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172N · Lennox, SDNTSB CHI81FA043Accident · 1 fatalClosedLear Jet 23 · Cincinnati, OHNTSB CHI81DEV11Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Metropolis, ILNTSB CHI81DEP15Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Middleton, WINTSB ATL81DKM06Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Shiloh, NCNTSB SEA81FYE23Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech 35 · Puyallup, WANTSB ATL81FLT06Accident · No injuriesClosedGrumman G-164B · Brownsville, TNNTSB MKC81FA026Accident · 2 fatalClosedCessna 310R · Eldon, MONTSB MKC81DCQ21Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182 · Benton, KSNTSB MKC81DCQ20Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28R · Baxter Springs, KSNTSB MIA81FLD30Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-12 · Indian Rocks, FL