NTSB investigations, 1970, Place not recorded

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

19642026

NTSB investigations, 1970, Place not recorded per year, 1964–2026: 203 cases
1964	1
1965	12
1966	9
1967	12
1968	6
1969	16
1970	12
1971	7
1972	16
1973	11
1974	14
1975	15
1976	8
1977	6
1978	18
1979	19
1980	11
1981	10

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") = 1970 AND c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'UN' 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\") = 1970
    AND c.\"eventStateOrRegion\" = 'UN' 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") = 1970
  AND c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'UN' 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 NYC71AN067Accident · 6 fatalClosedCessna 172 · Missing AircraftNov 29, 1970 · N8443X · Destroyed NTSB MIA71AM043Accident · 3 fatalClosedPiper PA-24 · Missing AircraftNov 23, 1970 · N9346P · Destroyed NTSB NYC71AN035Accident · 2 fatalClosedPiper PA-24 · Missing AircraftSep 8, 1970 · N5414P · Destroyed NTSB SEA71AS025Accident · 1 fatalClosedBeech S35 · Missing AircraftAug 7, 1970 · N11SM · Destroyed NTSB NYC71AN004Accident · 2 fatalClosedCessna 150 · Missing AircraftJul 4, 1970 · N2855S · Destroyed NTSB NYC71AN002Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 310P · Missing AircraftJul 3, 1970 · N5766M · Destroyed NTSB MIA71AM002Accident · 6 fatalClosedCessna 310G · Missing AircraftJul 3, 1970 · N1166T · Destroyed NTSB CHI70AC086Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 172 · Missing AircraftMay 31, 1970 · N7487T · Destroyed NTSB CHI70AC076Accident · 2 fatalClosedBeech 35-B33 · Missing AircraftApr 28, 1970 · N9563Y · Destroyed NTSB NYC70AN099Accident · 1 fatalClosedHelio Acft H-295 · Missing AircraftMar 12, 1970 · N5459E · Destroyed NTSB MIA70AM062Accident · 2 fatalClosedPiper PA-24 · Missing AircraftJan 17, 1970 · N9078P · Destroyed NTSB NYC70AN065Accident · 1 fatalClosedCessna 172 · Missing AircraftJan 3, 1970 · N7829U · Destroyed