NTSB investigations, 1968
180,616 investigations by the National Transportation Safety Board since 1962: 174,594 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\") = 1968 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") = 1968 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 LAX69D0200Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 310 · Adelanto, CANTSB LAX69D0199Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-24 · Kingman, AZNTSB LAX69A0028Accident · 9 fatalClosedDehavilland DHC-6 · Santa Ana, CANTSB FTW69F0306Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150F · Alexandria, LANTSB FTW69D0285Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 180 · Berwick, LANTSB DEN69F0148Accident · No injuriesClosedHughes 269B · Tremonton, UTNTSB DEN69D0145Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 140 · Albuquerque, NMNTSB CHI69D0510Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150F · Buckley, ILNTSB CHI69D0397Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech A23 · Chicago, ILNTSB CHI69D0374Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 310C · Wheeling, ILNTSB OAK69F0182Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 182J · Columbia, CANTSB OAK69F0175Accident · Minor injuriesClosedChampion 7GCB · Reno, NVNTSB OAK69D0190Accident · No injuriesClosedStearman A75N1 · Paso Robles, CANTSB MKC69F0302Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-24 · Paullina, IANTSB MKC69F0257Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech 60 · Newton, KSNTSB MKC69D0272Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172G · Hartington, NENTSB MIA69F0261Accident · Serious injuriesClosedAeronca 65-TAC · Lafayette, TNNTSB MIA69D0278Accident · Minor injuriesClosedAero Comdr 560-E · Miami, FLNTSB FTW69F0333Accident · No injuriesClosedMooney M20E · Kerrville, TXNTSB FTW69F0295Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Oklahoma Cty, OKNTSB DIA69F0110Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBell 47G-5 · Roanoke, VANTSB DCA69A0005Accident · No injuriesClosedDouglas DC-8 · S.Francisco, CANTSB CHI69F0378Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 175 · Laingsburg, MINTSB CHI69F0373Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-12 · Bloomington, ILNTSB OAK69A0034Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 172E · Susanville, CANTSB NYC69F0286Accident · No injuriesClosedAmer Avco AA-1 · Bayport, NYNTSB NYC69F0259Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-22 · Bessemer, PANTSB NYC69D0263Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150E · Hartford, CTNTSB MIA69F0291Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech D95A · Orlando, FLNTSB MIA69A0069Accident · FatalClosedCurtis C C-46 · Miami, FLNTSB LAX69D0206Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Yucca Valley, CANTSB FTW69F0305Accident · Serious injuriesClosedChampion 7FC · Jones, LANTSB DEN69A0026Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper PA-28 · Creede, CONTSB CHI69F0403Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-32 · Peoria, ILNTSB CHI69F0357Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-24 · Sparta, MINTSB CHI69D0408Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Mansfield, OHNTSB ANC69D0086Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech C-18S · Barrow, AKNTSB ANC69A0031Accident · 7 fatalClosedAero Comdr 680-E · Barrow, AKNTSB OAK69D0204Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Willits, CANTSB OAK69A0032Accident · 3 fatalClosedBeech F35 · Gustine, CANTSB MKC69D0266Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech A23-19 · Ames, IANTSB MIA69F0266Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150G · Opa Locka, FLNTSB MIA69D0247Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182L · Weaver, ALNTSB LAX69F0181Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-24 · Santa Ana, CANTSB FTW69D0276Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 150H · Baton Rouge, LANTSB FTW69A0034Accident · 5 fatalClosedPiper PA-31 · Nederland, TXNTSB DIA69F0107Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 320D · Morganton, NCNTSB DIA69D0116Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 182 · Monroe, NCNTSB CHI69D0402Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Northbrook, ILNTSB CHI69D0389Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech 95-C55 · Cairo, IL