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NTSB investigations, 1981, TN

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.

Defining event

Finding

Phase of flight

Aircraft model

Cases per year

19622026

NTSB investigations, 1981, TN per year, 1962–2026: 2,140 cases
1962	1
1963	2
1964	74
1965	56
1966	58
1967	58
1968	51
1969	57
1970	56
1971	58
1972	56
1973	62
1974	39
1975	56
1976	53
1977	43
1978	40
1979	38
1980	41
1981	43
1982	28
1983	41
1984	35
1985	34
1986	36
1987	37
1988	36
1989	26
1990	29
1991	26
1992	25
1993	26
1994	27
1995	38
1996	33
1997	34
1998	21
1999	28
2000	26
2001	25
2002	23
2003	35
2004	27
2005	22
2006	19
2007	23
2008	24
2009	21
2010	25
2011	23
2012	29
2013	17
2014	24
2015	24
2016	25
2017	20
2018	13
2019	24
2020	24
2021	20
2022	26
2023	26
2024	29
2025	29
2026	15

Where

Latest cases

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") = 1981 AND c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'TN' 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\") = 1981
    AND c.\"eventStateOrRegion\" = 'TN' 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" = 'TN' 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 ATL82FKW03Accident · Serious injuriesClosedBeech V35B · Concord, TNDec 8, 1981 · N4261S · Destroyed NTSB ATL82FKW02Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Whitwell, TNNov 26, 1981 · N7387X · Substantial damage NTSB ATL82FA013Accident · 2 fatalClosedHughes 269A · Elizabethton, TNNov 1, 1981 · N8833F · Destroyed NTSB ATL82FA012Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper PA-28 · Powell, TNOct 29, 1981 · N6452W · Destroyed NTSB ATL82FA006Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna A150L · Oak Ridge, TNOct 11, 1981 · N5957J · Destroyed NTSB ATL82DLT01Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna A188B · Kenton, TNOct 9, 1981 · N4853R · Destroyed NTSB ATL82DKW01Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Jacksboro, TNOct 1, 1981 · N9778W · Destroyed NTSB ATL81FA115Accident · 1 fatalClosedPitts S-1 · Cleveland, TNSep 13, 1981 · N123JC · Destroyed NTSB ATL81FKW26Accident · Serious injuriesClosedTaylorcraft DCO-65 · Pleasant View, TNSep 6, 1981 · N48280 · Destroyed NTSB ATL81FKW25Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Columbia, TNAug 25, 1981 · N48005 · Substantial damage NTSB ATL81FKW24Accident · Serious injuriesClosedBensen B8 · Hixson, TNAug 22, 1981 · N3815 · Destroyed NTSB ATL81FLT15Accident · No injuriesClosedAir Tractor AT-301 · Obion, TNAug 20, 1981 · N36498 · Substantial damage NTSB ATL81FKW23Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182G · Athens, TNAug 20, 1981 · N2495R · Substantial damage NTSB ATL81FLT13Accident · Serious injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Jackson, TNAug 15, 1981 · N9305U · Substantial damage NTSB ATL81FKW22Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 210 · Winchester, TNJul 30, 1981 · N22527 · Destroyed NTSB ATL81DKW21Accident · No injuriesClosedTexas Hel M-47A · Rickman, TNJul 29, 1981 · N1001F · Substantial damage NTSB ATL81FKW20Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 206 · Kingsport, TNJul 25, 1981 · N9407G · Substantial damage NTSB ATL81FA100Accident · 4 fatalClosedPiper PA-24 · Center Grove, TNJul 23, 1981 · N5472P · Destroyed NTSB ATL81FA099Accident · 2 fatalClosedAeronca 7AC · Rogersville, TNJul 22, 1981 · N4407E · Destroyed NTSB ATL81FA097Accident · 3 fatalClosedPiper PA-28R · Sweetwater, TNJul 17, 1981 · N8348C · Destroyed NTSB ATL81FLT12Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 172 · Brownsville, TNJul 11, 1981 · N4361R · Substantial damage NTSB ATL81FLT10Accident · 1 fatalClosedPitts S1S · Savannah, TNJun 9, 1981 · N8020 · Destroyed NTSB ATL81FLT09Accident · Minor injuriesClosedCessna 150 · Bolivar, TNMay 29, 1981 · N6789G · Substantial damage NTSB ATL81FA079Accident · 3 fatalClosedCessna 182 · Elizabethton, TNMay 28, 1981 · N444SP · Destroyed NTSB ATL81FA072Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper PA-30 · Smyrna, TNMay 12, 1981 · N7512Y · Destroyed NTSB ATL81FLT08Accident · No injuriesClosedHughes 269C · Ridgely, TNMay 3, 1981 · N7487F · Substantial damage NTSB ATL81FLT07Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-25 · Pickwick Dam, TNApr 28, 1981 · N7682Z · Substantial damage NTSB ATL81DKW19Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 152 · Collegedale, TNApr 28, 1981 · N69038 · Substantial damage NTSB ATL81FKW18Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-22 · Tullahoma, TNApr 26, 1981 · N7518D · Substantial damage NTSB ATL81DKW16Accident · No injuriesClosedHughes 369D · Ashland City, TNApr 13, 1981 · N58221 · Substantial damage NTSB ATL81FKW15Accident · No injuriesClosedEnstrom F-28A · Knoxville, TNApr 8, 1981 · N4871 · Substantial damage NTSB ATL81FLT06Accident · No injuriesClosedGrumman G-164B · Brownsville, TNApr 6, 1981 · N6773K · Substantial damage NTSB ATL81DKW14Accident · Minor injuriesClosedVolksplane 1 · Crossville, TNMar 26, 1981 · N2879 · Substantial damage NTSB ATL81FKW12Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 150F · Lebanon, TNMar 11, 1981 · N7891F · Destroyed NTSB ATL81FA048Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 172P · Woodbury, TNFeb 18, 1981 · N51095 · Destroyed NTSB ATL81FKW11Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-28 · Woodbury, TNFeb 15, 1981 · N2845T · Substantial damage NTSB ATL81FKW10Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna U206F · Crossville, TNFeb 14, 1981 · N50946 · Destroyed NTSB ATL81FKW09Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-32 · Nashville, TNFeb 14, 1981 · N3932W · Destroyed NTSB ATL81IA037Incident · No injuriesClosedCessna 414 · Jackson, TNJan 26, 1981 · N1678T · Minor damage NTSB ATL81FA035Accident · 2 fatalClosedAeronca 11AC · Maryville, TNJan 24, 1981 · N3267E · Substantial damage NTSB ATL81FKW08Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 182RG · Sevierville, TNJan 16, 1981 · N4778S · Substantial damage NTSB ATL81FKW06Accident · No injuriesClosedCessna 177RG · Nashville, TNJan 14, 1981 · N52709 · Substantial damage NTSB MKC81FA012Accident · No injuriesClosedBeech F35 · Paris, TNJan 1, 1981 · N266S · Substantial damage