NTSB investigations, 1973, Gulf of Mexico
180,658 investigations by the National Transportation Safety Board since 1962: 174,636 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 | 2 |
|---|---|
| 1966 | 1 |
| 1968 | 1 |
| 1970 | 1 |
| 1971 | 3 |
| 1972 | 2 |
| 1973 | 5 |
| 1974 | 1 |
| 1975 | 3 |
| 1976 | 2 |
| 1977 | 1 |
| 1980 | 4 |
| 1981 | 6 |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 |
| 2026 | 2 |
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\") = 1973
AND c.\"eventStateOrRegion\" = 'GM' 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") = 1973 AND c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'GM' 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 FTW74DRD21Accident · Serious injuriesClosedBell 47G-4A · Gulf Of Mexico (Gulf of Mexico)NTSB FTW74FRD19Accident · No injuriesClosedBell 212 · Ehib 370 Gulf Mex (Gulf of Mexico)NTSB FTW74DRD11Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBell 206B · Gulf Of Mexico (Gulf of Mexico)NTSB UNK73X0118Accident · No injuriesClosedBell 206 · Dhahran (Gulf of Mexico)NTSB FTW73DRD13Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBell 47J-2 · Gulf Of Mexico (Gulf of Mexico)