NTSB investigations, 1978, DE

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.

Defining event

Finding

Phase of flight

Aircraft model

Cases per year

19622026

NTSB investigations, 1978, DE per year, 1962–2026: 284 cases
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

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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") = 1978 AND c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'DE' 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\") = 1978
    AND 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 year(c."eventDate") = 1978
  AND 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 IAD79FHD05Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Rehobeth, DENov 25, 1978 · N5440Q · Substantial damage NTSB IAD78FHD25Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 177 · Broadkil Beach, DESep 27, 1978 · N3471T · Destroyed NTSB IAD78FHD24Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech V35B · Cheswold, DESep 17, 1978 · N444KM · Substantial damage NTSB IAD78FHD22Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBellanca 7ECA · Selbyville, DEAug 15, 1978 · N88388 · Substantial damage NTSB IAD78IA091Incident · No injuriesClosedLockheed L-382G · Dover, DEAug 10, 1978 · N23ST · Minor damage NTSB IAD78FA051Accident · 3 fatalClosedPiper PA-28 · Wilmington, DEMar 18, 1978 · N55645 · Destroyed NTSB IAD78FA032Accident · Serious injuriesClosedBeech C45H · New Castle, DEJan 17, 1978 · N9801Z · Substantial damage