Research
The whole record, reshaped by a question.
Every count below is the Board's own coding across the cases in scope — findings, occurrences, phases, recommendations, the evidence held. Click any bar to make it the filter. No fleet-exposure data exists here, so these are cases, never rates.
AircraftAllBoeing / McDonnell DouglasAirbusEmbraerBombardier / De HavillandBellSikorskyRobinsonCessnaPiperBeechcraft
OccurrenceAllTurbulence encounterCollision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) Loss of control in flightGround collisionFire/smoke (non-impact)Cabin safety eventPowerplant sys/comp malf/failSys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)TailstrikeControlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)Air traffic eventRunway excursion
Showing 23 cases · Not determined
23
cases in this slice
18
fatal accidents
50
lives lost
23
with a probable cause
23
with coded findings
7
safety recommendations
The record over time
cases per year by cohort, and the lives lost — click a year to focus on itCases per year
Major investigationPart 121 airlinePart 135 fatal
Fatalities per year
Fatalities
Why accidents happen
23 coded casesthe Board's findings taxonomy — causal findings in the probable cause, contributing factors beside them; occurrences and the phase of flight the defining event sat in- Not determined — (general)23
Aircraft12 cases · 14 causal · 2 contributing
- Aircraft oper/perf/capability — Performance/control parameters6
- Aircraft systems — Landing gear system, Indicating/recording systems4
- Aircraft power plant — Engine (reciprocating), Engine (turbine/turboprop)2
- Aircraft propeller/rotor — Propeller system1
Personnel issues6 cases · 8 causal · 2 contributing
- Task performance — Use of equip/info3
- Action/decision — Action, Info processing/decision3
- Physical — (general)2
- Psychological — 1
Environmental issues2 cases · 0 causal · 2 contributing
- Operating environment — 1
- Physical environment — 1
Organizational issues1 cases · 1 causal · 0 contributing
- Management — Policy/procedure1
Solid = cited in the probable cause · outlined = contributing factor · hover a row for the most-cited specifics.
Occurrences coded
- Loss of control in flight · 6 defining6
- Unknown or undetermined · 3 defining5
- Fire/smoke (non-impact) · 3 defining3
- Loss of engine power (partial) · 3 defining3
- Low altitude operation/event · 1 defining2
- Aircraft structural failure · 1 defining1
- Landing gear collapse · 1 defining1
Phase of flight of the defining event
- InitialClimb6
- Enroute6
- Landing3
- Maneuvering2
- Approach2
- Unknown2
- Takeoff1
- Standing1
Aircraft and operators
by manufacturer family and operating rule — counts of cases, with no fleet-size denominator, so a busy family simply flies moreAircraft family
- Bombardier / De Havilland · 5 fatal7
- Beechcraft · 3 fatal4
- Piper · 3 fatal3
- Other · 3 fatal3
- Cessna · 2 fatal2
- Airbus · 1 fatal1
- Bell · 1 fatal1
Operators with the most cases
- Air Charter Inc Dba · 1 lives1
- Alaska Central Express · 2 lives1
- Alpine Aviation · 1 lives1
- American Medflight · 4 lives1
- Branch River Air Service · 4 lives1
- Broward County Sheriffs Office · 1 lives1
- Champlain Enterprises1
- Conquest Air · 1 lives1
- Copper Valley Air Service · 2 lives1
- Delta Air Lines1
- Express Jet1
- Friendship Flying Service · 4 lives1
What changed because of them
7 recommendations · 0 opensafety recommendations issued from these cases, by the NTSB's status of the response- Closed · acceptable 4
- Closed · unacceptable 2
- Closed · superseded or reconsidered 1
Issued per year
Recommendations
Reiterated most often
None reiterated.
Evidence held
what the corpus can show for this slice, year by year — a docket, decoded flight data, a transcript, photographs, controller audioWhat the record says for this slice
a pattern, not a findingthe causal findings the Board cited most often across the 23 coded cases here- Not determined › (general) · Not determined · 100%23 cases
- Aircraft oper/perf/capability › Performance/control parameters · Aircraft · 26%6 cases
- Task performance › Use of equip/info · Personnel issues · 13%3 cases
- Action/decision › Action · Personnel issues · 9%2 cases
- Action/decision › Info processing/decision · Personnel issues · 9%2 cases
- Aircraft systems › Landing gear system · Aircraft · 9%2 cases
- Aircraft power plant › Engine (reciprocating) · Aircraft · 4%1 cases
- Aircraft propeller/rotor › Propeller system · Aircraft · 4%1 cases
- Aircraft power plant › Engine (turbine/turboprop) · Aircraft · 4%1 cases
- Management › Policy/procedure · Organizational issues · 4%1 cases
- Aircraft systems › Indicating/recording systems · Aircraft · 4%1 cases
- Physical › (general) · Personnel issues · 4%1 cases
The cases
23 of 23newest first — open any case for its recorders, transcript, photographs and analyst| Date | Case | Aircraft | Operator | Where | Outcome | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-28 | ERA23FA352 Part 135 fatal | EUROCOPTER EC135 | BROWARD COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE | Pompano Beach, FL | Fatal · 1 | 25 docs |
| 2023-08-09 | ANC23FA061 Part 135 fatal | PIPER PA-18-150 | Willow Creek Aviation, LLC | Skwentna, AK | Fatal · 2 | 8 docs |
| 2021-02-04 | ANC21FA015 Part 135 fatal | CESSNA 185 | Copper Valley Air Service | Chitina, AK | Fatal · 2 | 11 docs |
| 2020-06-07 | CEN20LA215 Part 135 fatal | Mitsubishi MU2B | McNeely Charter Service, Inc. | Sioux Falls, SD | Fatal · 1 | 31 docs |
| 2019-06-30 | CEN19MA190 Major investigation | Textron Aviation B-300 | S&H Aircraft | Addison, TX | Fatal · 10 | no docket |
| 2019-02-08 | ERA19LA096 Part 135 fatal | Convair C131 | Conquest Air Inc | Atlantic Ocean, AO | Fatal · 1 | 7 docs |
| 2018-08-05 | ANC18FA063 Part 135 fatal | De Havilland DHC-2 | K2 Aviation | Talkeetna, AK | Fatal · 5 | 7 docs |
| 2016-11-19 | WPR17FA024 Part 135 fatal | PIPER PA 31T | AMERICAN MEDFLIGHT INC | Elko, NV | Fatal · 4 | 11 docs |
| 2014-06-11 | CEN14FA286 Part 135 fatal | BELL 206 L4 | Westwind Helicopter LLC | South Timbalier Platform | Fatal · 2 | 8 docs |
| 2013-10-06 | ERA14LA007 Part 135 fatal | BRITTEN-NORMAN BN-2A-8 | AIR CHARTER INC DBA | Culebra, PR | Fatal · 1 | 8 docs |
| 2013-09-01 | DCA13FA148 Part 121 airline | BEECH 1900D | GREAT LAKES AVIATION LTD | Telluride, CO | No injury | 14 docs · recorder reports |
| 2012-11-18 | WPR13LA045 Part 135 fatal | PIPER PA-32 | Star Marianas Air, Inc | Obyan | Fatal · 1 | 54 docs |
| 2011-05-25 | ERA11FA312 Part 135 fatal | BEECH 58 | FRIENDSHIP FLYING SERVICE INC | Murphy, NC | Fatal · 4 | 57 docs |
| 2011-03-18 | CEN11IA234 Part 121 airline | EMBRAER EMB-145XR | Express Jet | Akron, OH | No injury | 11 docs · FDR tables |
| 2010-08-21 | ANC10FA100 Part 135 fatal | DEHAVILLAND DHC-2 | Branch River Air Service | Katmai National Park, AK | Fatal · 4 | 19 docs |
| 2010-08-09 | ANC10MA068 Major investigation | DEHAVILLAND DHC-3 | General Communication Corporation (GCI) | Aleknagik, AK | Fatal · 5 | 51 docs |
| 2010-06-16 | ENG10IA038 Part 121 airline | BOEING 767 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | Athens | No injury | no docket |
| 2010-05-23 | WPR10IA256 Part 121 airline | BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2B19 | SKYWEST AIRLINES INC | Ontario, CA | No injury | 11 docs · FDR tables |
| 2010-01-22 | ANC10FA014 Part 135 fatal | BEECH 1900C | Alaska Central Express, Inc. | Sand Point, AK | Fatal · 2 | 22 docs |
| 2010-01-05 | CEN10MA088 Major investigation | GATES LEARJET CORP. 35A | ROYAL AIR FREIGHT INC | Prospect Heights, IL | Fatal · 2 | 28 docs · recorder reports |
| 2009-08-29 | ERA09LA529 Part 121 airline | BOMBARDIER INC DHC-8-202 | CHAMPLAIN ENTERPRISES INC | Sterling, VA | — | 9 docs · recorder reports |
| 2008-05-30 | SEA08FA146 Part 135 fatal | CESSNA 172R | Redtail Aviation Inc | Monticello, UT | Fatal · 2 | 16 docs |
| 2008-05-23 | SEA08FA135 Part 135 fatal | BEECH 1900C | ALPINE AVIATION INC | Billings, MT | Fatal · 1 | no docket |