NTSB investigations, 1978, NE
180,610 investigations by the National Transportation Safety Board since 1962: 174,589 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 | 58 |
| 1965 | 67 |
| 1966 | 72 |
| 1967 | 89 |
| 1968 | 80 |
| 1969 | 88 |
| 1970 | 74 |
| 1971 | 93 |
| 1972 | 64 |
| 1973 | 52 |
| 1974 | 71 |
| 1975 | 47 |
| 1976 | 64 |
| 1977 | 52 |
| 1978 | 49 |
| 1979 | 41 |
| 1980 | 36 |
| 1981 | 34 |
| 1982 | 42 |
| 1983 | 39 |
| 1984 | 40 |
| 1985 | 31 |
| 1986 | 27 |
| 1987 | 21 |
| 1988 | 16 |
| 1989 | 22 |
| 1990 | 13 |
| 1991 | 24 |
| 1992 | 20 |
| 1993 | 21 |
| 1994 | 20 |
| 1995 | 16 |
| 1996 | 14 |
| 1997 | 14 |
| 1998 | 28 |
| 1999 | 23 |
| 2000 | 13 |
| 2001 | 19 |
| 2002 | 14 |
| 2003 | 12 |
| 2004 | 11 |
| 2005 | 15 |
| 2006 | 17 |
| 2007 | 11 |
| 2008 | 13 |
| 2009 | 15 |
| 2010 | 13 |
| 2011 | 7 |
| 2012 | 21 |
| 2013 | 11 |
| 2014 | 11 |
| 2015 | 11 |
| 2016 | 10 |
| 2017 | 9 |
| 2018 | 12 |
| 2019 | 13 |
| 2020 | 9 |
| 2021 | 9 |
| 2022 | 14 |
| 2023 | 10 |
| 2024 | 17 |
| 2025 | 11 |
| 2026 | 4 |
Where
Latest cases
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\") = 1978
AND c.\"eventStateOrRegion\" = 'NE' 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" = 'NE' 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 MKC79FCJ06Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 177B · Creighton, NENTSB MKC79FCJ04Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 172 · Oshkosh, NENTSB MKC79FA012Accident · 3 fatalClosedPiper PA-32 · Virginia, NENTSB MKC79DCJ05Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-20 · Brunswick, NENTSB MKC78FCJ02Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182 · Maywood, NENTSB MKC79FCJ01Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-22 · Merriman, NENTSB MKC78FCJ45Accident · Minor injuriesClosedBeech C35 · Gordon, NENTSB MKC78FCJ44Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28R · Humboldt, NENTSB MKC78FCJ43Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 188 · Grand Island, NENTSB MKC78DCJ42Accident · No injuriesClosedGrumman G-164 · Naper, NENTSB MKC78DCJ41Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182 · Aurora, NENTSB MKC78DCJ40Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-25 · Arnold, NENTSB MKC78DCJ38Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 188 · Carleton, NENTSB MKC78FCJ39Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-25 · Eustis, NENTSB MKC78FA060Accident · 4 fatalClosedAmer Avco AA-5B · North Bend, NENTSB MKC78DCJ37Accident · Minor injuriesClosedAero Comdr A-9B · Agnew, NENTSB MKC78FCJ36Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Gothenburg, NENTSB MKC78FA058Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 120 · Kimball, NENTSB MKC78DCJ34Accident · No injuriesClosedAero Comdr A-9B · Dunbar, NENTSB MKC78FCJ35Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Lincoln, NENTSB MKC78DCJ33Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 188B · Liberty, NENTSB MKC78DCJ32Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 188B · Milford, NENTSB MKC78DCJ31Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 188B · Crete, NENTSB MKC78FCJ30Accident · Minor injuriesClosedStinson 108-3 · Mccook, NENTSB MKC78FCJ29Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-25 · Sargent, NENTSB MKC78FCJ28Accident · No injuriesClosedCallair A-9 · Loup City, NENTSB MKC78DCJ27Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech V35B · Burwell, NENTSB MKC78DCJ26Accident · No injuriesClosedLuscombe 8E · Utica, NENTSB MKC78DCJ25Accident · Serious injuriesClosedLuscombe 8A · Ogallala, NENTSB MKC78FCJ24Accident · No injuriesClosedBellanca 14-19 · Omaha, NENTSB MKC78FCJ22Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28R · Scottsbluff, NENTSB MKC78DCJ23Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-25 · North Platte, NENTSB MKC78FCJ21Accident · No injuriesClosedAero Comdr 680 · Ashland, NENTSB MKC78FCJ20Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-25 · Ashton, NENTSB MKC78FA050Accident · 2 fatalClosedPiper PA-28 · Columbus, NENTSB MKC78FCJ19Accident · No injuriesClosedErco 415-C · York, NENTSB MKC78DCJ18Accident · No injuriesClosedBell 47-G2 · Neligh, NENTSB MKC78FA046Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper PA-28 · Omaha, NENTSB MKC78FA043Accident · 2 fatalClosedCessna 140 · Wolbach, NENTSB MKC78DCJ16Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Crete, NENTSB MKC78DCJ17Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 188 · Cozad, NENTSB MKC78DCJ15Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Lincoln, NENTSB MKC78DCJ14Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Haigler, NENTSB MKC78FCJ13Accident · No injuriesClosedBell 47G5A · Kearney, NENTSB MKC78DCJ12Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 170A · Loup City, NENTSB MKC78DCJ11Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Thedford, NENTSB MKC78DCJ10Accident · No injuriesClosedBell 206B · Columbus, NENTSB MKC78DCJ09Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Gothenburg, NENTSB MKC78FCJ08Accident · 3 fatalClosedCessna 177 · Hayes Center, NE