NTSB investigations, IL
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 c.\"eventStateOrRegion\" = 'IL' AND c.\"eventCountry\" = 'USA' 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 c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'IL' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA' 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 CHI71FBQ05Accident · No injuriesClosedAeronca 7EC · Savoy, ILNTSB CHI71DBD08Accident · No injuriesClosedHughes 269A · Freeport, ILNTSB CHI71FBD10Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Scales Mound, ILNTSB CHI71FBD06Accident · Minor injuriesClosedAmer-Avco AA-1 · Antioch, ILNTSB CHI71FBD05Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-24 · Crystal Lake, ILNTSB CHI71FBQ04Accident · No injuriesClosedStinson 108-1 · Ludlow, ILNTSB CHI71FBQ03Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 177 · Springfield, ILNTSB CHI71IC006Incident · No injuriesClosedBeech E18S · Rockford, ILNTSB CHI71FBQ02Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-32 · Liverpool, ILNTSB CHI71DBD17Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182B · Marseilles, ILNTSB CHI71DBD07Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Rock City, ILNTSB CHI71DBD04Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Northbrook, ILNTSB CHI71FBD02Accident · No injuriesClosedBoeing B75N1 · Prairie View, ILNTSB CHI71DBQ01Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182 · Marshall, ILNTSB CHI71FBD03Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech N35 · Wheeling, ILNTSB CHI71FBD01Accident · No injuriesClosedAmer Avco AA1 · Sycamore, ILNTSB CHI70DCA19Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150K · Granite City, ILNTSB CHI70DBD45Accident · No injuriesClosedAeronca 7AC · Calumet City, ILNTSB CHI70FBD46Accident · Serious injuriesClosedGlobe GC-1B · Hinsdale, ILNTSB CHI70DBD47Accident · No injuriesClosedPitts Spcl · Monee, ILNTSB CHI70DBD50Accident · No injuriesClosedBreezy RLU · Sugar Grove, ILNTSB CHI70FBQ22Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Mattoon, ILNTSB CHI70FBD48Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 177 · W.Chicago, ILNTSB CHI70DBQ21Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 170B · Waggoner, ILNTSB CHI70DBD49Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Dwight, ILNTSB CHI70FBD41Accident · Serious injuriesClosedAeronca 11AC · Arlington, ILNTSB CHI70DBQ19Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-25 · Milford, ILNTSB CHI70FBD24Accident · No injuriesClosedRolladen LS-1B · Plainfield, ILNTSB CHI70DBD43Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech A-23A · Durand, ILNTSB CHI70DCA16Accident · No injuriesClosedStearman B75N1 · Columbia, ILNTSB CHI70FBQ20Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 175 · Manito, ILNTSB CHI70FBD38Accident · No injuriesClosedHughes 269A · Dixon, ILNTSB CHI70FBQ18Accident · Serious injuriesClosedBoeing A75 · Percy, ILNTSB CHI70FBD39Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-25 · Saint Anne, ILNTSB CHI70FBD36Accident · Serious injuriesClosedN.American SNJ-4 · Addison, ILNTSB CHI70DBD51Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 170 · Roscoe, ILNTSB CHI70FBD35Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 150A · Oswego, ILNTSB CHI70DBQ17Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150D · Baldwin, ILNTSB CHI70FBD34Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Orland Park, ILNTSB CHI70FBD40Accident · No injuriesClosedAero Comdr 680 · Chicago Ohare, ILNTSB CHI70AC083Accident · Serious injuriesClosedBoeing 727 · Chicago, ILNTSB CHI70DCA13Accident · No injuriesClosedSchweizer 2-33 · Highland, ILNTSB CHI70FBQ16Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 177 · Peoria, ILNTSB CHI70DBD37Accident · No injuriesClosedTaylorcraft BF1265 · Round Lake, ILNTSB CHI70FBD33Accident · Minor injuriesClosedHughes 269A · West Chicago, ILNTSB CHI70FBD31Accident · Serious injuriesClosedMooney M20C · Palos Hills, ILNTSB CHI70AC077Accident · No injuriesClosedDehavilland DHC-6 · Chicago, ILNTSB CHI70FBQ15Accident · No injuriesClosedBoeing D75N1 · Wilsonville, ILNTSB CHI70FBQ12Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-24 · Pittsfield, ILNTSB CHI70DBQ13Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 140 · El Paso, IL