NTSB investigations, 1978
180,611 investigations by the National Transportation Safety Board since 1962: 174,590 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\") = 1978 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") = 1978 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 OAK79FXQ05Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 182N · Truckee, CANTSB NYC79FHD06Accident · Serious injuriesClosedLake LA-4 · North Beach, NJNTSB NYC79DFA04|NYC79FFA04Accident · Minor injuriesClosedDehavilland DHC-6 · Watertown, NYNTSB MKC79FA007Accident · Serious injuriesClosedDouglas DC-3 · Des Moines, IANTSB MKC78FCG13Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBeech E35 · Kirksville, MONTSB MIA79FLG06Accident · 1 fatalClosedFly Baby 1A · Moncks Corner, SCNTSB MIA79FA026Accident · 2 fatalClosedBeagle 206 · Miami, FLNTSB FTW79DPM04Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-22 · Durant, OKNTSB FTW79DA021Accident · No injuriesClosedBell 212 · Morgan City, LANTSB CHI79DEP10Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-22 · Middleton, WINTSB CHI79DEE28Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Sugar Grove, ILNTSB SEA79FYP04Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna R172K · Dayton, WANTSB SEA79FA016Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper PA-14 · Eugene, ORNTSB OAK79DVG06Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Winters, CANTSB NYC79FNA05Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · New Bedford, MANTSB MIA79FLG17Accident · No injuriesClosedHiller FH1100 · West Columbia, SCNTSB MIA79DKA02Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 206 · Vieques, PRNTSB LAX79FA015Accident · 3 fatalClosedPiper PA-28 · Peach Springs, AZNTSB FTW79FRD10Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Baton Rouge, LANTSB FTW79FA020Accident · 1 fatalClosedBell 206B · Port Oconner, TXNTSB FTW79DPG10Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 310H · Little Rock, ARNTSB DEN79FTE08Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA28R · Englewood, CONTSB CHI79FEX06Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 310Q · Marion, INNTSB CHI79DEP11Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Park Falls, WINTSB CHI79DEG07Accident · No injuriesClosedStinson 108 · Cincinnati, OHNTSB MKC79DTK02Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Sorum, SDNTSB MIA79FA025Accident · 5 fatalClosedPiper PA-32R · Albany, GANTSB MIA79FA024Accident · 1 fatalClosedGrumman AA-5B · Marianna, FLNTSB MIA79DLD21Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Mulberry, FLNTSB LAX79DUJ31Accident · No injuriesClosedBellanca 7KCAB · Tucson, AZNTSB FTW79DA019Accident · No injuriesClosedAerostar 601P · Eagle Pass, TXNTSB DEN79FQA08Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-34 · Albuquerque, NMNTSB CHI79DEX11Accident · No injuriesClosedLuscombe 8A · Greenwood, INNTSB SEA79DTI04Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Geraldine, MTNTSB MIA79FLG05Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-12 · N.Myrtle Bch, SCNTSB MIA79FA023Accident · 1 fatalClosedSikorsky S55B · Hanceville, ALNTSB MIA79FA022Accident · 2 fatalClosedPiper PA32RT · Charleston, SCNTSB MIA79FA021Accident · 1 fatalClosedConvair 240 · Miami, FLNTSB LAX79DUM03Accident · No injuriesClosedParks P-1 · El Centro, CANTSB IAD79FLT01Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Covington, TNNTSB IAD79FID04Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Newport News, VANTSB FTW79IA017Incident · No injuriesClosedDouglas DC-8-6 · Houston, TXNTSB FTW79DA018Accident · 1 fatalClosedBolkow B-105 · Morgan City, LANTSB DEN79FTM04Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 421A · Salt Lake City, UTNTSB DEN79FA010Accident · 2 fatalClosedPiper PA-28R · Cimarron, NMNTSB ANC79FA023Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-32 · Mc Grath, AKNTSB ANC79DAA03Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 185 · Shungnak, AKNTSB UNK79X0104Accident · 1 fatalClosedMooney M20E · Gt Hbr Cay, Burkina FasoNTSB NYC79FA014Accident · 3 fatalClosedAerostar 601P · Hartford, CTNTSB LAX79DUJ21Accident · No injuriesClosedGrumman AA-5B · Prescott, AZ