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 MKC81FCA08Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Chesterfield, MONTSB LAX81FUQ15Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Lancaster, CANTSB LAX81FUJ44Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Scottsdale, AZNTSB LAX81FA118Accident · 2 fatalClosedCessna T210N · Bishop, CANTSB FTW81DRJ11Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Longview, TXNTSB FTW81DA049Accident · Minor injuriesClosedHughes 269C · Yukon, OKNTSB ATL81FKJ16Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Ozark, ALNTSB ANC81FAD04Accident · No injuriesClosedTaylorcraft F19 · Wht Sulphr Spg, AKNTSB ANC81FA032Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-32 · Nuiqsut, AKNTSB ANC81FA031Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 207A · Teller, AKNTSB ANC81DA035Accident · No injuriesClosedMaule M-4 · Harrison Smt, AKNTSB SEA81FYK07Accident · Serious injuriesClosedHiller Acft UH-12E · Umpqua, ORNTSB MIA81FLD28Accident · No injuriesClosedHughes 269C · Ft Myers, FLNTSB LAX81FUJ43Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 210D · Phoenix, AZNTSB LAX81FA062Accident · 2 fatalClosedBeech TC-45J · Beatty, NVNTSB LAX81FA061Accident · 2 fatalClosedPiper PA-28 · Tucson, AZNTSB FTW81FRD15Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 185 · Port Sulphur, LANTSB FTW81FRA21Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech A100 · Houston, TXNTSB DEN81FTM14Accident · No injuriesClosedQuickie · Provo, UTNTSB CHI81FA035Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper PA-23 · Lowell, MINTSB ATL81FKG11Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech E55 · Atlanta, GANTSB NYC81FNC10Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-23 · Brookfield, VTNTSB LAX81FA060Accident · 2 fatalClosedCessna 150 · Reno, NVNTSB LAX81DVM17Accident · No injuriesClosedBell 47G · Pescadero, CANTSB FTW81DRD14Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 402B · Houma, LANTSB FTW81DRA20Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Houston, TXNTSB CHI81FER29Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech E-55 · Eden Prairie, MNNTSB SEA81FYM81Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBeech B24R · Salem, ORNTSB FTW81FRG25Accident · Serious injuriesClosedHiller Acft FH1100 · Bastrop, TXNTSB DEN81FTM12Accident · No injuriesClosedAerospatle SA315B · Heber City, UTNTSB DEN81FA022Accident · No injuriesClosedBell 206A · Evanston, WYNTSB ANC81FA030Accident · 1 fatalClosedTaylorcraft F-19 · Susitna Lake, AKNTSB NYC81FNC09Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 140 · Enfield, NHNTSB NYC81FHD16Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Smithville, NJNTSB NYC81FGM12Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28R · Indiana, PANTSB MKC81FCG24Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-22 · Bethany, MONTSB LAX81FVM16Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · San Martin, CANTSB LAX81DUJ42Accident · Serious injuriesClosedBlanik L-13 · Maricopa, AZNTSB FTW81DQD15Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Silver City, NMNTSB DEN81FTE25Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 337 · Aurora, CONTSB CHI81DEX07Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172G · Clarksville, INNTSB CHI81DEG09Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper J3C · Waynesville, OHNTSB CHI81DEC18Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Pontiac, MINTSB ATL81FA056Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 182 · Raeford, NCNTSB ATL81DKJ14Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-38 · Auburn, ALNTSB ANC81FA033Accident · 2 fatalClosedPiper PA-18A · Fairbanks, AKNTSB SEA81FA023Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper PA28RT · Astoria, ORNTSB NYC81FNA13Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Hyannis, MANTSB NYC81DHA08Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Morgantown, PANTSB LAX81FA059Accident · 4 fatalClosedPiper PA-28 · Molokai, HI