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 38 cases · Air traffic event
38
cases in this slice
0
fatal accidents
0
lives lost
26
with a probable cause
26
with coded findings
4
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
26 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 issues24 cases · 82 causal · 4 contributing
- Action/decision — Action, Info processing/decision20
- Task performance — Communication (personnel), Use of equip/info10
- Psychological — Attention/monitoring3
- Physical — Alertness/Fatigue, Impairment/incapacitation2
- Experience/knowledge — (general)1
Organizational issues5 cases · 9 causal · 0 contributing
- Management — Policy/procedure, Resources4
- Support/oversight/monitoring — Oversight1
- Development — Design1
Environmental issues5 cases · 1 causal · 5 contributing
- Operating environment — 4
- Conditions/weather/phenomena — (general)1
Not determined1 cases · 0 causal · 1 contributing
- Not determined — 1
Solid = cited in the probable cause · outlined = contributing factor · hover a row for the most-cited specifics.
Occurrences coded
- Air traffic event · 41 defining38
- Near midair/TCAS alert/loss of separation · 10 defining7
- Runway incursion veh/AC/person · 2 defining5
- Navigation error · 1 defining3
- Wrong surface or wrong airport · 1 defining2
- Comm system malf/failure · 1 defining1
- Turbulence encounter · 1 defining1
- Unknown or undetermined · 1 defining1
Phase of flight of the defining event
- Approach19
- Takeoff14
- Enroute11
- Taxi5
- Landing4
- InitialClimb4
- Unknown1
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
- Other3
Operating rule
- Part 12138
Operators with the most cases
- Southwest Airlines7
- Delta Air Lines3
- Allegiant Air2
- American Airlines2
- Delta Airlines2
- Skywest Airlines2
- Airtran Airways1
- Chautauqua Airlines1
- Compass Airlines1
- Envoy Air1
- Expressjet1
- Expressjet Airlines1
What changed because of them
4 recommendations · 2 opensafety recommendations issued from these cases, by the NTSB's status of the response- Closed · unacceptable 2
- Open · acceptable response 2
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 24 coded cases here- Action/decision › Action · Personnel issues · 54%13 cases
- Action/decision › Info processing/decision · Personnel issues · 42%10 cases
- Task performance › Communication (personnel) · Personnel issues · 21%5 cases
- Task performance › Use of equip/info · Personnel issues · 17%4 cases
- Task performance › Planning/preparation · Personnel issues · 12%3 cases
- Psychological › Attention/monitoring · Personnel issues · 12%3 cases
- Management › Policy/procedure · Organizational issues · 8%2 cases
- Task performance › (general) · Personnel issues · 8%2 cases
- Task performance › Workload management · Personnel issues · 4%1 cases
- Support/oversight/monitoring › Oversight · Organizational issues · 4%1 cases
- Conditions/weather/phenomena › (general) · Environmental issues · 4%1 cases
- Development › Design · Organizational issues · 4%1 cases
The cases
38 of 38newest first — open any case for its recorders, transcript, photographs and analyst| Date | Case | Aircraft | Operator | Where | Outcome | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-20 | DCA26LA242 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS INDUSTRIE A319-114 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | Boston, MA | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2026-04-08 | OPS26LA036 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-7CT | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO | Orlando, FL | — | no docket · open |
| 2026-02-24 | DCA26WA140 Part 121 airline | BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2C10 | PSA Airlines | North Eleuthera, OF | — | no docket · open |
| 2025-07-19 | OPS25LA052 Part 121 airline | EMBRAER-EMPRESA BRASILEIRA DE ERJ 170-200 LR | DELTA AIR LINES INC | Minot, ND | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2025-07-15 | OPS25LA048 Part 121 airline | EMBRAER ERJ 170-200 LR | SKYWEST AIRLINES INC | Monterey, CA | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2024-10-30 | OPS25LA008 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-832 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | Miami, FL | — | no docket · open |
| 2024-10-19 | OPS25LA005 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-7H4 | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO | Long Beach, CA | — | no docket · open |
| 2024-05-29 | OPS24FA031 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS INDUSTRIE A319-132 | AMERICAN AIRLINES INC | Arlington, VA | — | no docket · open |
| 2023-10-27 | OPS24LA004 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A321-271N | HAWAIIAN AIRLINES INC | Long Beach, CA | No injury | no docket |
| 2023-08-11 | OPS23FA010 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-7BD | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO | San Diego, CA | — | no docket |
| 2023-07-23 | DCA23LA395 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A320-214 | Allegiant Air, LLC | Fort Lauderdale, FL | Serious injury | 2 docs |
| 2023-02-17 | DCA23LA179 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-823 | AMERICAN AIRLINES INC | Sarasota, FL | No injury | 11 docs |
| 2021-06-11 | OPS21LA003 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-8H4 | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO | San Diego, CA | No injury | 23 docs |
| 2021-04-29 | OPS21LA002 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A319-112 | Allegiant Air | St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | No injury | 19 docs |
| 2020-01-22 | DCA20WA060 Part 121 airline | Boeing 777 | United Airlines | Sydney | — | no docket · open |
| 2018-12-21 | DCA19WA057 Part 121 airline | BOEING 747-428 | National Airlines | Delhi Airspace | — | no docket · open |
| 2018-10-16 | DCA19WA071 Part 121 airline | BOEING 747 | United Parcel Service | Kolkata | — | no docket · open |
| 2018-06-27 | OPS18IA014 Part 121 airline | Embraer EMB145 | ENVOY AIR INC | Springfield, MO | — | no docket |
| 2018-01-30 | DCA18WA088 Part 121 airline | BOEING 757 23A | Federal Express | Tel Aviv | — | no docket · open |
| 2017-12-25 | OPS18IA003 Part 121 airline | BOMBARDIER INC CL600 2D24 | SKYWEST AIRLINES INC | Medford, OR | — | 19 docs |
| 2017-02-16 | OPS17IA014 Part 121 airline | EMBRAER S A ERJ 170-200 LR | Compass Airlines | San Francisco, CA | — | no docket |
| 2014-08-16 | OPS14IA011 Part 121 airline | BOEING 777 - 236 | unk | Shemya, AK | — | 4 docs |
| 2014-04-29 | OPS14IA007 Part 121 airline | BOEING 757 | NA | Powhatan, VA | Minor injury | 5 docs |
| 2014-04-24 | OPS14IA005 Part 121 airline | EMBRAER EMB 145XR | NOT SPECIFIED | Newark, NJ | — | no docket |
| 2014-01-13 | DCA14IA037 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737 7H4 | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO | Branson, MO | No injury | 21 docs · FDR tables |
| 2012-04-27 | OPS12IA535 Part 121 airline | Las Vegas, NV | — | 4 docs | ||
| 2011-08-08 | OPS11IA819 Part 121 airline | EMBRAER EMB-135KL | CHAUTAUQUA AIRLINES INC | Chicago, IL | No injury | no docket |
| 2011-06-19 | OPS11IA673 Part 121 airline | EMBRAER EMB-145EP | EXPRESSJET AIRLINES INC | Gulfport, MS | No injury | no docket |
| 2011-05-16 | OPS11IA552 Part 121 airline | EMBRAER EMB-145LR | ExpressJet | CHICAGO, IL | No injury | no docket |
| 2011-03-23 | OPS11IA401 Part 121 airline | FAA WASHINGTON FLIGHT PROGRAM | Arlington, VA | — | 14 docs | |
| 2011-03-11 | OPS11IA410 Part 121 airline | BOEING 757-232 | Delta Airlines | ATLANTA, GA | No injury | 11 docs |
| 2010-12-09 | OPS11IA173 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-832 | DELTA AIRLINES INC | Covington, KY | No injury | no docket |
| 2010-09-04 | OPS10IA538 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-7H4 | Los Angeles, CA | No injury | no docket | |
| 2010-05-21 | OPS10IA196 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS INDUSTRIE A319-132 | USAirways Inc | Anchorage, AK | No injury | no docket |
| 2010-04-28 | OPS10IA132 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-7H4 | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO | Houston, TX | No injury | no docket |
| 2010-04-19 | OPS10IA090 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-7H4 | Southwest Airlines | Burbank, CA | No injury | no docket |
| 2009-10-21 | DCA10IA001 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A320 | NORTHWEST AIRLINES INC | Minneapolis, MN | No injury | 47 docs · FDR tables |
| 2009-02-19 | OPS09IA002 Part 121 airline | AIRTRAN AIRWAYS INC | Tampa, FL | — | 5 docs |