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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 24 cases · Saab
24
cases in this slice
1
fatal accidents
1
lives lost
23
with a probable cause
4
with coded findings
14
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
4 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 inPersonnel issues2 cases · 3 causal · 0 contributing
- Task performance — Maintenance1
- Action/decision — Info processing/decision1
- Physical — Impairment/incapacitation1
Aircraft2 cases · 5 causal · 0 contributing
- Aircraft systems — Landing gear system1
- Aircraft oper/perf/capability — Performance/control parameters1
- Aircraft power plant — Engine (turbine/turboprop)1
Environmental issues2 cases · 3 causal · 0 contributing
- Conditions/weather/phenomena — Wind, Turbulence2
- Operating environment — Airport facilities/design1
Organizational issues1 cases · 3 causal · 0 contributing
- Support/oversight/monitoring — Oversight1
- Development — Design1
- Management — Policy/procedure1
Solid = cited in the probable cause · outlined = contributing factor · hover a row for the most-cited specifics.
Occurrences coded
- Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail · 2 defining2
- Runway excursion · 1 defining1
- Turbulence encounter · 1 defining1
- Cabin safety event · 1 defining1
Phase of flight of the defining event
- Enroute2
- Takeoff2
- Landing1
Aircraft and operators
by manufacturer family and operating rule — counts of cases, with no fleet-size denominator, so a busy family simply flies moreWhat changed because of them
14 recommendations · 7 opensafety recommendations issued from these cases, by the NTSB's status of the response- Closed · acceptable 3
- Closed · unacceptable 4
- Open · acceptable response 5
- Open · unacceptable response 1
- Open · awaiting response 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 4 coded cases here- Task performance › Maintenance · Personnel issues · 25%1 cases
- Aircraft systems › Landing gear system · Aircraft · 25%1 cases
- Aircraft oper/perf/capability › Performance/control parameters · Aircraft · 25%1 cases
- Conditions/weather/phenomena › Wind · Environmental issues · 25%1 cases
- Support/oversight/monitoring › Oversight · Organizational issues · 25%1 cases
- Operating environment › Airport facilities/design · Environmental issues · 25%1 cases
- Development › Design · Organizational issues · 25%1 cases
- Management › Policy/procedure · Organizational issues · 25%1 cases
- Action/decision › Info processing/decision · Personnel issues · 25%1 cases
- Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulence · Environmental issues · 25%1 cases
- Physical › Impairment/incapacitation · Personnel issues · 25%1 cases
- Aircraft power plant › Engine (turbine/turboprop) · Aircraft · 25%1 cases
The cases
24 of 24newest first — open any case for its recorders, transcript, photographs and analyst| Date | Case | Aircraft | Operator | Where | Outcome | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-08 | ENG26WA001 Part 121 airline | SAAB 340 | REX Regional Express | Adelaide Aerodrome | — | no docket · open |
| 2019-10-18 | DCA20MA002 Major investigation | Saab 2000 | Peninsula AviationServices Inc., | Unalaska, AK | Fatal · 1 | 40 docs · FDR tables |
| 2010-04-06 | CEN10LA218 Part 121 airline | SAAB-SCANIA SAAB 340B | MESABA AVIATION INC | Bradley, IL | Serious injury | 2 docs |
| 2009-07-31 | CEN09IA606 Part 121 airline | SAAB 340B | Mesaba Aviation, Inc. | Traverse City, MI | No injury | 2 docs |
| 2008-07-29 | ANC08IA092 Part 121 airline | Saab-Scania AB (Saab) SAAB 340B | PENINSULA AIRWAYS INC | Anchorage, AK | No injury | no docket |
| 2006-03-14 | CHI06LA092 Part 121 airline | Saab-Scania AB (Saab) 340B | Mesaba Aviation Inc. | Alpena, MI | No injury | no docket |
| 2006-01-02 | LAX06IA076 Part 121 airline | Saab-Scania AB (Saab) SF340B+ | American Eagle Airlines, Inc. | Santa Maria, CA | No injury | no docket |
| 2005-06-09 | NYC05IA093 Part 121 airline | Saab-Scania AB (Saab) 340A | Shuttle America Corporation | Dulles, VA | No injury | no docket |
| 2005-02-12 | LAX05LA105 Part 121 airline | SAAB-SCANIA SAAB 340B | Los Angeles, CA | Serious injury | no docket | |
| 2004-11-14 | CHI05LA028 Part 121 airline | Saab-Scania AB (Saab) 340B | Chicago Express Airlines Inc | Milwaukee, WI | Serious injury | no docket |
| 2004-10-25 | DFW05LA010 Part 121 airline | Saab-Scania AB (Saab) SF-340B | American Eagle Airlines, Inc. | Fort Worth, TX | Serious injury | 3 docs |
| 2004-02-25 | CHI04LA077 Part 121 airline | Saab-Scania AB (Saab) Saab 340B | MESABA AVIATION INC | Romulus, MI | No injury | no docket |
| 2004-02-01 | NYC04LA063 Part 121 airline | Saab-Scania AB (Saab) 340A | Shuttle America | Pittsburgh, PA | No injury | no docket |
| 2003-11-13 | CHI04LA033 Part 121 airline | Saab-Scania Saab 340B | Mesaba Airlines Inc. | Minneapolis, MN | No injury | no docket |
| 2003-05-22 | NYC03LA114 Part 121 airline | Saab-Scania AB (Saab) 340B | Colgan Air dba US Airways Express | Flushing, NY | Minor injury | no docket |
| 2002-09-04 | CHI02IA275 Part 121 airline | Saab-Scania AB (Saab) 340A | Detroit, MI | No injury | no docket | |
| 2002-07-21 | NYC02LA146 Part 121 airline | Saab-Scania AB (Saab) 340A | Mesaba Aviation Inc. | Charleston, WV | No injury | 2 docs |
| 2002-07-16 | MIA02LA134 Part 121 airline | Saab-Scania AB (Saab) SF340B | Mesaba Airlines | Tupelo, MS | Serious injury | 4 docs |
| 2001-01-10 | FTW01IA051 Part 121 airline | Saab 340B | American Eagle Airlines, Inc. | San Antonio, TX | No injury | no docket |
| 2000-11-09 | CHI01LA033 Part 121 airline | Saab 340-B | MESABA AVIATION, INC. | ABERDEEN, SD | Minor injury | no docket |
| 2000-09-29 | NYC00LA269 Part 121 airline | Saab 340B | BOSTON, MA | No injury | no docket | |
| 2000-04-25 | CHI00LA124 Part 121 airline | Saab-Scania AB (Saab) SF-340B | LAMBERT LEASING, INC. | HANCOCK, MI | No injury | no docket |
| 2000-03-22 | FTW00FA101 Part 121 airline | Saab 340B | American Eagle Airlines, Inc. | KILLEEN, TX | Minor injury | no docket |
| 2000-02-12 | NYC00IA078 Part 121 airline | Saab-Scania AB (Saab) 340B | BOSTON, MA | Minor injury | no docket |