NTSB investigations, DE
180,582 investigations by the National Transportation Safety Board since 1962: 174,566 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
| 1962 | 1 |
|---|---|
| 1964 | 12 |
| 1965 | 18 |
| 1966 | 8 |
| 1967 | 21 |
| 1968 | 6 |
| 1969 | 14 |
| 1970 | 15 |
| 1971 | 9 |
| 1972 | 6 |
| 1973 | 9 |
| 1974 | 10 |
| 1975 | 12 |
| 1976 | 6 |
| 1977 | 2 |
| 1978 | 7 |
| 1979 | 3 |
| 1980 | 4 |
| 1981 | 5 |
| 1982 | 3 |
| 1983 | 4 |
| 1984 | 8 |
| 1985 | 4 |
| 1986 | 3 |
| 1987 | 5 |
| 1988 | 5 |
| 1989 | 4 |
| 1990 | 1 |
| 1991 | 4 |
| 1992 | 5 |
| 1993 | 1 |
| 1994 | 6 |
| 1995 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 |
| 1997 | 3 |
| 1998 | 3 |
| 1999 | 4 |
| 2000 | 2 |
| 2001 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 |
| 2003 | 3 |
| 2005 | 5 |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2007 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 |
| 2009 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 |
| 2020 | 4 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| 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 c.\"eventStateOrRegion\" = 'DE' 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 c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'DE' 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 ERA26LA102Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportCessna 172 · New Castle, DEThe pilots’ failure to properly identify the assigned runway during the landing approach, which resulted in the airplane landing on a closed, snow-covered runway. Contributing was the illumination of the closed runway’s edge lighting.NTSB ERA25LA342Accident · Minor injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportSchweizer G-164B · Dover, DEThe pilot’s exceedance of the critical angle of attack which resulted in an aerodynamic stall at an altitude too low to recover.NTSB ERA25LA113Accident · Minor injuriesClass 3 · LimitedPreliminary reportVulcanair S P A Vulcanair V1.0 · Cheswold, DEOn February 7, 2025, at 2233 eastern standard time, a Vulcanair S.p.A V1.0, N186DS, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Cheswold, Delaware. The private pilot and pilot-rated passenger were uninjured. The airplane was operated as…NTSB ERA24LA299Accident · Minor injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportBellanca 8GCBC · Frankford, DEA partial loss of engine power resulting from cylinder detonation and a cracked spark plug, which resulted in a forced landing and impact with terrain.NTSB ERA24LA264Accident · Serious injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportVans RV6 · Townsend, DEAn inadvertent encounter with rough or soft terrain during landing, resulting in a bent nose landing gear leg and subsequent nose over.NTSB ERA22LA415Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportCessna T210N · Georgetown, DEThe pilot's failure to extend the landing gear before landing. Contributing to the accident was an inoperative landing gear warning horn.NTSB ERA21LA058Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportChampion 7FC · Georgetown, DEThe pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control while on landing in gusting crosswind conditions.NTSB ERA20CA318Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · Data collectionFinal reportCessna 172 · Wilmington, DEThe student pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard bounced landing.NTSB ERA20CA298Accident · Minor injuriesClass 4 · Data collectionFinal reportVans RV6 · Milton, DEThe pilot and owner’s failure to adequately communicate and establish an understanding of who was flying the airplane, and their failure to take timely action to avoid a collision with terrain.NTSB ERA20CA117Accident · Serious injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA28 · Wilmington, DEThe pilot being struck in the head by the propeller before flight, which resulted in a serious injury.NTSB ERA19FA250Accident · 2 fatalClass 3 · FieldFinal reportBeech 95B55 · Wilmington, DEThe pilots’ failure to place the left fuel selector into the proper position, which resulted in a total loss of the left engine’s power due to fuel starvation. Contributing was their failure to properly secure the left engine and their failure to maintain…NTSB ERA19TA005Accident · No injuriesFinal reportEnstrom F28 · Bridgeville, DEThe pilot's mismanagement of collective pitch control during takeoff from an area with numerous obstacles, which resulted in the helicopter entering a low rotor rpm state and a forced hard landing.NTSB GAA17CA520Accident · Serious injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 680 · Wilmington, DEThe passenger’s inadvertent slip on the airplane's air stairs during deplaning, which resulted in a broken ankle.NTSB ERA17LA249Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportGrumman G 164 · Marydel, DEThe pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance from power lines while conducting an aerial application flight.NTSB ERA17FA190Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportEurocopter Deutschland EC 135 · New Castle, DEThe pilot's loss of helicopter control during a missed approach in instrument meteorological conditions due to spatial disorientation and the cumulative effects of task saturation.NTSB ERA17LA097Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA22 · Georgetown, DEAn in-flight fire for reasons that could not be determined due to extensive thermal damage to the airplane.NTSB ERA16LA253Accident · 1 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportBell 429 · Georgetown, DEThe emergency response team's failure to ensure that the system operator was secured to the helicopter, which resulted in his fall during the recurrent rescue hoist training operation.NTSB ERA16LA242Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164 · Laurel, DEA total loss of engine power due to an encounter with a bird, which collided with the spray pump fan assembly and subsequently sent blade fragments into the engine compartment, damaging the throttle linkage.NTSB ERA16CA057Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportBoeing A75N1(PT17) · Farmington, DEBoth pilots' failure to maintain visual separation during landing at an uncontrolled airport. Contributing to the accident was the Mooney pilot's lack of prompt evasive action once the biplane had been spotted on the same runway. In addition, the biplane…NTSB ERA14LA321Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G 164B · Farmington, DEThe pilot's inadequate preflight planning for a takeoff in high-density altitude conditions and his decision to reduce power during the initial climb, which led to the airplane exceeding its critical angle-of-attack and experiencing an aerodynamic stall.NTSB ERA14LA242Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMooney M20K · Georgetown, DEThe pilot’s improper preflight planning and in-flight fuel management, which resulted in fuel starvation and a total loss of engine power. Also causal to the accident was the pilot’s failure to see and avoid the wires on the airport boundary.NTSB ERA13CA384Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 172S · Middletown, DEThe student pilot’s improper recovery from a bounced landing.NTSB ERA13LA111Accident · 1 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-28R-200 · Dover, DEThe pilot's failure to land the airplane at multiple airports that were equipped with adequate instrument approach procedures while operating in low instrument meteorological conditions and his delay in declaring a fuel-related emergency, which resulted in a…NTSB ERA12LA493Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSikorsky S-58JT · Middletown, DEThe pilot's failure to recognize that the helicopter was experiencing tail rotor dynamic instability and to take immediate corrective actions during an external load lift, which resulted in the failure of a tail rotor blade.NTSB ERA12CA393Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportNorth American AT-6C · Delmar, DEThe pilot's failure to go around after not attaining the proper touchdown point, which resulted in a runway excursion and noseover.NTSB ERA11LA484Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportNorth American TB-25N · Georgetown, DEMaintenance personnel's inadequate examination of the main landing gear during the airplane’s most recent conditional inspection, which resulted in the fatigue failure of the right main landing gear shock strut drag arm during the landing roll.NTSB ERA10LA203Accident · 1 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportLopez Phillip Jabiru J250 · Middletown, DEThe pilot's failure to apply carburetor heat, which resulted in the formation of carburetor icing and a total loss of engine power.NTSB ERA10CA057Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 172S · Summit, DEThe student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during takeoff.NTSB ERA09CA482Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportBell 206 · Gumboro Township, DEThe pilot’s failure to secure the flight controls before exiting the running helicopter. Contributing to the accident was the operator’s practice of exiting the helicopter while it was still running.NTSB ERA09CA207Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA28-151 · Dover, DEThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.NTSB ERA09CA217Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA-32R-300 · Middletown, DEThe pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while landing in gusty conditions.NTSB ERA09CA045Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportRandall Amanda Rotorway · Middletown, DEThe student pilot’s excessive use of cyclic during the engine run-up. Contributing to the accident were the student pilot’s lack of overall experience and the gusting wind conditions.NTSB NYC08FA051Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportBeech 60 · New Castle, DEThe pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during a split flap takeoff, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall. Contributing to the accident were the failure of the right flap drive mechanism and the pilot's failure to verify that both flaps were…NTSB NYC08LA024Accident · 2 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportBlondin 601HDS · Farmington, DEThe reason for this occurrence could not be determined.NTSB NYC07CA213Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA-34-200T · Wilmington, DEThe pilot's improper flare, which resulted in a hard landing. A factor to the accident was the wind gust.NTSB NYC07CA084Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportBell 206B · Lewes, DEThe pilot's inadequate visual lookout, which resulted in an in flight collision with utility wires during takeoff, and a subsequent impact with terrain.NTSB NYC07FA048Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportBell 407 · Dagsboro, DEThe pilot's improper decision to depart under visual flight rules into night instrument meteorological conditions. Contributing to the accident was the fog and the dark night conditions.NTSB NYC06LA163Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150H · Smyrna, DEThe pilot's misjudged fuel calculations, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and subsequent loss of engine power. A factor was the nighttime lighting conditions.NTSB NYC06LA026Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 172S · Laurel, DEThe pilot's improper decision to takeoff from an unimproved field, and his subsequent failure to abort the takeoff prior to collision with a sign and an embankment. Factors in the accident were his improper soft field technique, and the dark night conditions.NTSB NYC05LA126Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportGrumman G-164A · Felton, DEThe mechanic's inadequate annual inspection, and failure to comply with an airworthiness directive, which resulted in a total failure of the second stage turbine rotor.NTSB IAD05FA110Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-28-181 · Georgetown, DEThe pilot's misjudged distance/altitude while on final approach to land, which resulted in an in-flight collision with a vehicle. Factors associated with the accident are the pilot's improper use of the flaps, and the state of Delaware's insufficient…NTSB NYC05FA117Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportCarlstrom Long EZ · Lewes, DEThe Long EZ pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the RV-8 airplane, which resulted in a mid-air collision during a formation flight.NTSB IAD05LA064Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-28-140 · Dover, DEThe separated baffle which blocked the tailpipe resulting in a subsequent total loss of engine power.NTSB NYC04LA007Accident · 1 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-28-180 · Cheswold, DEThe pilot's failure to maintain a proper glide path to the runway, and his failure to maintain obstacle clearance which resulted in an in-flight collision with an unlit utility pole. Factors related to the accident were the unlit utility pole, and the dark…NTSB NYC03FA079Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportRaytheon V35A · Delaware City, DEThe pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. A factor in the accident was instrument meteorological conditions.NTSB NYC03FA043Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportBeech V35B · Delaware City, DEThe mechanic's improper engine overhaul. A factor was the night condition.NTSB IAD02LA035Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBeechcraft C23 · Wilmington, DEthe flight instructor's improper fuel management which resulted in fuel starvation. A factor in the accident was the flight instructor's failure to follow the published checklist procedures.NTSB NYC02LA038Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAero Vodochody Aero. Works L-39C · Wilmington, DEA ruptured oil line, which resulted in oil spraying onto the APU exhaust and a subsequent fire.NTSB NYC01FA172Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportBeech A23-24 · Bridgeville, DEThe pilot's incapacitation, which resulted in a loss of aircraft control while maneuvering. A factor was the FAA Aeromedical Certification Division's inadequate certification/approval of the pilot's medical certificate. Findings were the pilot's inappropriate…NTSB NYC00LA189Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150 · Freemont, DEThe pilot's failure to maintain altitude/clearance and delayed power application while attempting to release a banner from the airplane.