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 LAX81FA126Accident · 1 fatalClosedBeech TC-45J · San Clement Is, CANTSB LAX81FA043Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna T210 · Quincy, CANTSB LAX81DVG17Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna U206 · Sacramento, CANTSB CHI81FEM09Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-28R · Houghton, MINTSB CHI81FA024Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper PA-32 · Lyons Twp, WINTSB ATL81FA041Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28R · Roebuck, SCNTSB SEA81DYK05Accident · No injuriesClosedAeronca 7AC · Creswell, ORNTSB NYC81FHD12Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Wilmington, DENTSB LAX81DUJ38Accident · No injuriesClosedBellanca 7KCAB · Chandler, AZNTSB DEN81DTM08Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-20 · Morgan, UTNTSB ATL81FLJ04Accident · Minor injuriesClosedStinson 108 · Havelock, NCNTSB ATL81FA040Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 180K · Statesboro, GANTSB NYC81AA023Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBoeing 727 · Flushing, NYNTSB MKC81FA016Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna T210 · Laurens, IANTSB MKC81FA015Accident · 1 fatalClosedBeech C23 · Willow Springs, MONTSB LAX81FUM12Accident · No injuriesClosedMooney M20C · Imperial, CANTSB LAX81DVG16Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 177 · Napa, CANTSB DCA81AA008Incident · No injuriesClosedDouglas DC-10 · Leesburg, VANTSB CHI81FEI11Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172N · Sandusky, OHNTSB CHI81FEC11Accident · No injuriesClosedLuscombe 8E · Belleville, MINTSB CHI81DEG07Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Chesapeake, OHNTSB SEA81FYP05Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-25 · Mesa, WANTSB NYC81FA022Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Lake Ronknkoma, NYNTSB MKC81DCD06Accident · No injuriesClosedWilliams Quicki · Newton, IANTSB MIA81FLA12Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28R · Jacksonville, FLNTSB MIA81DKT23Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Homestead, FLNTSB LAX81DVG15Accident · Minor injuriesClosedMaule M5-210 · Lower Lake, CANTSB FTW81FRJ08Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Nacogdoches, TXNTSB FTW81FQG10Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 140 · Canyon, TXNTSB FTW81FQD14Accident · No injuriesClosedAero Comdr 560F · Las Cruces, NMNTSB ATL81FA042Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182Q · Abbingdon, VANTSB ANC81DAG22Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-32 · Iliamna, AKNTSB MKC81FCA06Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182 · Annapolis, MONTSB FTW81FQD13Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 150J · El Paso, TXNTSB FTW81DPG09Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 172H · Fordyce, ARNTSB DEN81FTE20Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 340 · Grandby, CONTSB CHI81DER11Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 140A · St Cloud, MNNTSB SEA81FA018Accident · 2 fatalClosedPiper PA-28 · Port Angles, WANTSB MKC81DCQ11Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 188 · Plains, KSNTSB MIA81FA041Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech G18S · San Juan, PRNTSB LAX81FA042Accident · 2 fatalClosedBeech H18 · Newhall, CANTSB LAX81DJA05Accident · No injuriesClosedMurrayair MA-1B · Honokaa, HINTSB FTW81FQG09Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBellanca 17-30 · Crosbyton, TXNTSB DEN81FTE19Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper PA-18 · Alamosa, CONTSB DEN81FTA04Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBell 206B · Columbus, MTNTSB CHI81FEC12Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-31P · Pontiac, MINTSB ATL81IA039Incident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-31 · Baltimore, MDNTSB ANC81FAA08Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Galena, AKNTSB MIA81FA040Accident · 1 fatalClosedBeech G35 · St.Petersburg, FLNTSB LAX81FUJ32Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna A188B · Casa Grande, AZ