NTSB investigations, 1971, DC
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
| 1964 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 1965 | 3 |
| 1966 | 5 |
| 1967 | 6 |
| 1968 | 3 |
| 1969 | 6 |
| 1970 | 10 |
| 1971 | 7 |
| 1972 | 7 |
| 1973 | 3 |
| 1974 | 4 |
| 1975 | 3 |
| 1976 | 3 |
| 1977 | 2 |
| 1978 | 4 |
| 1979 | 5 |
| 1980 | 3 |
| 1981 | 3 |
| 1982 | 5 |
| 1983 | 1 |
| 1984 | 4 |
| 1985 | 3 |
| 1986 | 2 |
| 1987 | 3 |
| 1988 | 3 |
| 1989 | 1 |
| 1990 | 2 |
| 1994 | 1 |
| 1995 | 1 |
| 1996 | 2 |
| 1997 | 1 |
| 1998 | 2 |
| 1999 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 |
Where
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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\") = 1971
AND c.\"eventStateOrRegion\" = 'DC' 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" = 'DC' 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 NYC72IN075Incident · No injuriesClosedDouglas DC-10 · Dulles Int Apt, DCNTSB NYC72IN057Incident · No injuriesClosedBoeing 747 · Washington, DCNTSB IAD71II056Incident · No injuriesClosedNihon YS-11A · Washington, DCNTSB IAD71FIA18Accident · Serious injuriesClosedHughes 269A · Washington, DCNTSB IAD71II041Incident · No injuriesClosedBoeing 727 · Washington, DCNTSB IAD71II039Incident · No injuriesClosedBoeing 727 · Dulles Int Apt, DCNTSB IAD71II034Incident · No injuriesClosedBoeing 747 · Dulles Int Apt, DC