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 MIA81DA035Accident · 4 fatalClosedBeech C35 · Missing AircraftNTSB LAX81FUA03Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Fullerton, CANTSB FTW81FA021Accident · 2 fatalClosedBellanca 17-30A · Iraan, TXNTSB DEN81FTM05Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBell 206B · Vernal, UTNTSB ATL81IA033Incident · No injuriesClosedMitsubishi MU-2B · Norfolk, VANTSB LAX81DVG11Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 188T · Isleton, CANTSB FTW81FA022Accident · 2 fatalClosedCessna 182Q · Leakey, TXNTSB SEA81FYE10Accident · Serious injuriesClosedRockwell 114 · Maple Valley, WANTSB FTW81FPM06Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Atoka, OKNTSB FTW81FPJ08Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-38 · Hennessey, OKNTSB DEN81FA015Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 310C · Encampment, WYNTSB DEN81FA014Accident · 6 fatalClosedCessna T310R · Moose, WYNTSB MIA81FLD22Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech S35 · Sanford, FLNTSB MIA81DKT16Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-22 · Palm Beach, FLNTSB LAX81FA030Accident · 5 fatalClosedPiper PA-32R · Las Vegas, NVNTSB FTW81FRA14Accident · Serious injuriesClosedBensen R-8M · Katy, TXNTSB FTW81FPA05Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-38 · Fink, TXNTSB CHI81FEX08Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech F33A · St.Paul, MNNTSB CHI81DEC08Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152A · Salem, MINTSB ATL81FKJ05Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 185 · Evergreen, ALNTSB ATL81DKM02Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 210 · Marion, NCNTSB SEA81FA014Accident · 4 fatalClosedBeech V35A · Rexburg, IDNTSB SEA81DYM14Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech A23-19 · Tillamook, ORNTSB MKC81DCJ05Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Omaha, NENTSB LAX81FUJ23Accident · No injuriesClosedSmith Mini DSA-3 · Scottsdale, AZNTSB LAX81FUJ21Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 310Q · Prescott, AZNTSB FTW81FRG15Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-24 · Manor, TXNTSB FTW81FQA12Accident · Serious injuriesClosedTaylorcraft BC-65 · Albuquerque, NMNTSB CHI81FEE14Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 310J · Waukegan, ILNTSB CHI81DEX09Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Columbus, INNTSB CHI81DA017Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech 58TC · Elkhart Lake, WINTSB ANC81DAG18Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-22 · Kenai, AKNTSB MKC81FA012Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech F35 · Paris, TNNTSB LAX81FA029Accident · 5 fatalClosedPiper PA-34 · El Cajon, CANTSB LAX81DUG08Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-24 · Laverne, CANTSB FTW81FRG14Accident · Serious injuriesClosedGrum-Amer AA-5 · Sinton, TX