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 DEN81DTC10Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 170B · Buffalo, WYNTSB CHI81FER15Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-22 · Turtle Lake, WINTSB CHI81FEK13Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Mt Gilead, OHNTSB CHI81DEE20Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Joliet, ILNTSB ATL81FKW10Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna U206F · Crossville, TNNTSB ATL81FKW09Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-32 · Nashville, TNNTSB ATL81FKM03Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Bear Creek, NCNTSB ATL81FIJ03Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Abingdon, VANTSB ANC81DAG25Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Anchorage, AKNTSB MKC81FA024Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech F33A · Carroll, IANTSB MKC81FA019Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 172 · Lawrence, KSNTSB MKC81FA018Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech 99 · Grand Island, NENTSB LAX81FVG20Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna T210M · Fair Oaks, CANTSB LAX81FUJ33Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182Q · Scottsdale, AZNTSB LAX81FA072Accident · 4 fatalClosedPiper PA-28 · Truckee, CANTSB LAX81DVA22Accident · Minor injuriesClosedAerospatle S316B · Dinky Creek, CANTSB LAX81DUJ34Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech F33A · Goodyear, AZNTSB FTW81FQG11Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 210 · Lubbock, TXNTSB FTW81FQA16Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Los Alamos, NMNTSB FTW81FA034Accident · 5 fatalClosedPiper PA-28 · Bandera, TXNTSB FTW81FA033Accident · 2 fatalClosedPiper PA-38 · Del Rio, TXNTSB FTW81DA032Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBeech 95-C55 · Little Rock, ARNTSB CHI81IA025CaseClosedSwearingen SA226 · Indianapolis, INNTSB ATL81FA047Accident · 2 fatalClosedCessna 172N · Jenkinsville, SCNTSB SEA81FAMS2Accident · 1 fatalClosedBeech A36-TC · Missing AircraftNTSB NYC81FA035Accident · Serious injuriesClosedBoeing 727 · Jamaica, NYNTSB LAX81FA046Accident · 2 fatalClosedCessna 414A · Rio Vista, CANTSB ATL81FLT03Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Olive Branch, MSNTSB ANC81DAG24Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Anchorage, AKNTSB MKC81FCD08Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-32R · Cresco, IANTSB MKC81FA017Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 402B · Tebbetts, MONTSB DEN81FA018Accident · No injuriesClosedBoeing 747 · Fargo, NDNTSB DCA81AA009Accident · 8 fatalClosedLockheed 1329 · White Plains, NYNTSB SEA81DYM20Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech C23 · Portland, ORNTSB NYC81DFJ04Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 206 · Jamestown, NYNTSB MIA81FLD23Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150L · Tampa, FLNTSB LAX81FA045Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-31 · Prescott, AZNTSB FTW81FA045Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBell 47D1 · Roanoke, TXNTSB FTW81FA030Accident · 4 fatalClosedCessna 310R · Houma, LANTSB FTW81DRG18Accident · Minor injuriesClosedQuickie 01 · New Braunfels, TXNTSB FTW81DA031Accident · No injuriesClosedTed Smith 601 · Hammond, LANTSB DEN81FTC08Accident · No injuriesClosedBell 206B · Kenmerer, WYNTSB CHI81FER14Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-23 · St.Michael, MNNTSB ATL81FA046Accident · Serious injuriesClosedBoeing 737 · Newport News, VANTSB SEA83FYM03Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper PA-24 · Scappoose, ORNTSB NYC81FNE09Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Northampton, MANTSB NYC81FHM02Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Spring Valley, NYNTSB MKC81FCQ12Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 401B · Goodland, KSNTSB MIA81FKT26Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-32 · Opa Locka, FLNTSB LAX81FVG18Accident · Serious injuriesClosedGrumman G-164B · Robbins, CA