NTSB investigations, 1971, Atlantic Ocean

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.

Defining event

Finding

Phase of flight

Aircraft model

Cases per year

19622026

NTSB investigations, 1971, Atlantic Ocean per year, 1962–2026: 150 cases
1962	2
1964	2
1965	4
1966	4
1967	12
1968	9
1969	7
1970	3
1971	10
1972	7
1973	8
1974	5
1975	11
1976	3
1977	5
1978	8
1979	4
1980	10
1981	12
2000	1
2001	1
2002	1
2004	1
2005	1
2011	1
2012	4
2015	1
2018	2
2019	4
2021	1
2022	1
2023	4
2026	1

Where

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Query with SQL

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") = 1971 AND c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'AO' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA' ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC

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\") = 1971
    AND c.\"eventStateOrRegion\" = 'AO' 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 year(c."eventDate") = 1971
  AND c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'AO' 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 MIA72OKT41Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172E · Exuma (Atlantic Ocean)Dec 30, 1971 · N5733T · Substantial damage NTSB MIA72OKT38Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech B90 · No.Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean)Dec 27, 1971 · N480K · Destroyed NTSB MIA72AM060Accident · Serious injuriesClosedDouglas DC-8 · No.Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean)Dec 23, 1971 · N8613 · No damage NTSB MIA72DKJ38Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-32 · Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean)Dec 11, 1971 · N8965N · Destroyed NTSB MIA72AM044Accident · No injuriesClosedLockheed 749A · No.Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean)Nov 17, 1971 · N6021C · Substantial damage NTSB MIA72DKA05Accident · No injuriesClosedBrittnorman BN-2A · No.Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean)Oct 7, 1971 · N857JA · Destroyed NTSB MIA72AM038Accident · No injuriesClosedDouglas DC-3 · St Maarten (Atlantic Ocean)Oct 2, 1971 · N1981W · Destroyed NTSB MIA72IM019Incident · No injuriesClosedDouglas DC-8 · No.Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean)Aug 21, 1971 · N8034U · No damage NTSB NYC71IN110Incident · No injuriesClosedBoeing 707 · No.Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean)May 8, 1971 · N418PA · No damage NTSB MIA71OKT54Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech 95 · Nassau (Atlantic Ocean)Apr 14, 1971 · N664T · Destroyed