NTSB investigations, 1981, Gulf of Mexico
180,630 investigations by the National Transportation Safety Board since 1962: 174,609 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\") = 1981
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") = 1981 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 FTW82DA033Accident · 1 fatalClosedAerospatle AS350D · Gulf Of Mexico (Gulf of Mexico)NTSB FTW82DRD07Accident · Serious injuriesClosedBell 206L-1 · Gulf Of Mexico (Gulf of Mexico)NTSB FTW81IA096Incident · No injuriesClosedSikorsky S-76 · Ss Block 214 (Gulf of Mexico)NTSB FTW81FA085Accident · No injuriesClosedAerospatial AS350D · Gulf Of Mexico (Gulf of Mexico)NTSB FTW81IA076Incident · No injuriesClosedBell 206B · Gulf Of Mexico (Gulf of Mexico)NTSB FTW81FA056Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBell 206L-1 · Gulf Of Mexico (Gulf of Mexico)