NTSB investigations, 1962, NY

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.

Defining event

Finding

Phase of flight

Aircraft model

Cases per year

19622026

NTSB investigations, 1962, NY per year, 1962–2026: 4,784 cases
1962	8
1963	2
1964	162
1965	197
1966	215
1967	226
1968	181
1969	172
1970	170
1971	164
1972	161
1973	124
1974	167
1975	121
1976	146
1977	152
1978	131
1979	119
1980	101
1981	100
1982	91
1983	95
1984	76
1985	84
1986	71
1987	70
1988	68
1989	64
1990	63
1991	58
1992	36
1993	49
1994	52
1995	58
1996	48
1997	36
1998	42
1999	41
2000	45
2001	42
2002	32
2003	46
2004	32
2005	43
2006	24
2007	43
2008	30
2009	32
2010	49
2011	37
2012	37
2013	28
2014	28
2015	34
2016	33
2017	28
2018	37
2019	19
2020	25
2021	24
2022	27
2023	28
2024	30
2025	16
2026	14

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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") = 1962 AND c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'NY' 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\") = 1962
    AND c.\"eventStateOrRegion\" = 'NY' 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") = 1962
  AND c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'NY' 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 NYC62A0128Accident · 25 fatalClosedDouglas DC-7B · Jamaica, NYNov 30, 1962 · N815D · Destroyed NTSB NYC62A0099Accident · Serious injuriesClosedBoeing 720 · Albany, NYSep 23, 1962 · N7209U · Minor damage NTSB NYC62A0074Accident · No injuriesClosedArmstrong AW-650 · Rome, NYJul 23, 1962 · N6502R · Substantial damage NTSB NYC62A0047Accident · No injuriesClosedLockheed 1049 · New York, NYMay 28, 1962 · N6213C · Substantial damage NTSB NYC62A0037Accident · Minor injuriesClosedVickers 745D · New York, NYApr 27, 1962 · N6598C · Substantial damage NTSB NYC62A0023Accident · No injuriesClosedDouglas DC-6B · Buffalo, NYMar 7, 1962 · N90765 · Substantial damage NTSB NYC62A0022CaseClosedBoeing 707 · Jamaica, NYMar 1, 1962 · N7506A NTSB NYC62A0013Accident · No injuriesClosedDouglas DC-8 · New York, NYFeb 3, 1962 · N8005U · Substantial damage