NTSB investigations, 1963, CA

180,611 investigations by the National Transportation Safety Board since 1962: 174,590 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 per year

19622026
NTSB investigations, 1963, CA per year, 1962–2026: 19,365 cases
196210
196311
1964659
1965654
1966755
1967799
1968668
1969613
1970617
1971605
1972510
1973499
1974523
1975488
1976484
1977497
1978548
1979473
1980472
1981403
1982391
1983441
1984388
1985329
1986316
1987315
1988322
1989289
1990318
1991291
1992277
1993260
1994242
1995237
1996223
1997182
1998212
1999186
2000222
2001183
2002176
2003182
2004171
2005191
2006187
2007207
2008158
2009187
2010158
2011141
2012134
2013128
2014117
2015118
2016119
2017162
2018119
2019114
2020105
202194
2022111
2023103
2024101
202591
202679

Latest cases

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\") = 1963
    AND c.\"eventStateOrRegion\" = 'CA' 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.