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 32 cases · Ground handling event
32
cases in this slice
0
fatal accidents
0
lives lost
31
with a probable cause
31
with coded findings
0
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
31 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 issues25 cases · 33 causal · 1 contributing
- Task performance — Use of equip/info, (general)14
- Action/decision — Action8
- Psychological — Attention/monitoring5
- Physical — Impairment/incapacitation, (general)3
Aircraft13 cases · 8 causal · 5 contributing
- Aircraft handling/service — Towing and taxiing, Loading10
- Aircraft systems — 2
- Aircraft structures — 1
Environmental issues11 cases · 8 causal · 6 contributing
- Physical environment — Object/animal/substance, Runway/land/takeoff/taxi surface7
- Operating environment — Communication system, Airport facilities/design3
- Conditions/weather/phenomena — Convective weather2
Organizational issues4 cases · 5 causal · 0 contributing
- Management — Policy/procedure3
- Support/oversight/monitoring — Training1
Solid = cited in the probable cause · outlined = contributing factor · hover a row for the most-cited specifics.
Occurrences coded
- Ground handling event · 31 defining32
- Ground collision · 3 defining3
- Prop/jet/rotor blast/suction · 1 defining2
Phase of flight of the defining event
- Standing16
- Pushback/Tow15
- Taxi4
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
Operating rule
- Part 12132
Operators with the most cases
- Southwest Airlines9
- Delta Air Lines4
- Skywest Airlines4
- United Airlines3
- Psa Airlines2
- Alaska Airlines1
- American Airlines1
- Chautauqua Airlines1
- Delta Airlines1
- Envoy Air1
- Frontier Airlines1
- Jetblue Airways1
What changed because of them
0 recommendations · 0 opensafety recommendations issued from these cases, by the NTSB's status of the responseNo safety recommendations arise from this slice.
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 30 coded cases here- Action/decision › Action · Personnel issues · 27%8 cases
- Task performance › Use of equip/info · Personnel issues · 20%6 cases
- Psychological › Attention/monitoring · Personnel issues · 17%5 cases
- Aircraft handling/service › Towing and taxiing · Aircraft · 17%5 cases
- Task performance › (general) · Personnel issues · 13%4 cases
- Physical environment › Object/animal/substance · Environmental issues · 10%3 cases
- Management › Policy/procedure · Organizational issues · 10%3 cases
- Physical › Impairment/incapacitation · Personnel issues · 7%2 cases
- Task performance › Communication (personnel) · Personnel issues · 7%2 cases
- Aircraft handling/service › Loading · Aircraft · 3%1 cases
- Support/oversight/monitoring › Training · Organizational issues · 3%1 cases
- Task performance › Planning/preparation · Personnel issues · 3%1 cases
The cases
32 of 32newest first — open any case for its recorders, transcript, photographs and analyst| Date | Case | Aircraft | Operator | Where | Outcome | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-02-25 | DCA23LA191 Part 121 airline | EMBRAER ERJ 190-100 IGW | JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP | New York, NY | Serious injury | 4 docs |
| 2022-12-31 | DCA23LA109 Part 121 airline | EMBRAER S A ERJ 170-200 LR | Envoy Air Inc. | Montgomery, AL | Fatal | 18 docs · FDR tables |
| 2022-11-02 | DCA23WA044 Part 121 airline | BOEING 757-232 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | LIberia | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2019-09-11 | DCA19CA223 Part 121 airline | Bombardier CL 600 2C10 | SkyWest Airlines | Chicago OHare, IL | No injury | no docket |
| 2019-07-23 | DCA19CA186 Part 121 airline | Boeing 757 | United Airlines | San Francisco, CA | No injury | 4 docs |
| 2019-06-17 | DCA19CA168 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-8H4 | Southwest Airlines | Pittsburgh, PA | No injury | 1 docs |
| 2019-01-28 | DCA19CA079 Part 121 airline | Airbus A320 | Frontier Airlines | Denver, CO | No injury | 2 docs |
| 2018-12-01 | DCA19CA035 Part 121 airline | Bombardier CL 600 2B19 | PSA Airlines | New York, NY | Minor injury | 3 docs |
| 2017-12-12 | DCA18CA042 Part 121 airline | MCDONNELL DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT CO MD 88 | Delta Air Lines | Detroit, MI | No injury | 3 docs |
| 2017-11-19 | DCA18CA074 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737 7H4 | Southwest Airlines | Los Angeles, CA | Serious injury | 2 docs |
| 2017-10-02 | DCA18CA001 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737 7H4 | Southwest Airlines | Chicago, IL | No injury | 2 docs |
| 2017-02-12 | DCA17CA072 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737 76N | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO | Phoenix, AZ | Serious injury | 1 docs |
| 2016-08-05 | DCA16CA207 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737 3H4 | Southwest Airlines | Baltimore, MD | No injury | 7 docs |
| 2016-04-29 | DCA16CA139 Part 121 airline | BOMBARDIER INC CL 600 2B19 | SKYWEST AIRLINES INC | San Francisco, CA | No injury | 2 docs |
| 2016-04-14 | DCA16CA133 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737 76Q | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO | San Diego, CA | Serious injury | 1 docs |
| 2014-08-14 | WPR14LA346 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737 7H4 | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO | Salt Lake City, UT | No injury | 4 docs |
| 2014-01-31 | DCA14CA051 Part 121 airline | MCDONNELL DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT CO MD 88 | Delta Airlines, Inc. | Atlanta, GA | No injury | 2 docs |
| 2012-01-16 | ERA12LA147 Part 121 airline | BOEING DHC-8-102 | Piedmont Airlines Incorporated | Huntington, WV | No injury | 11 docs · recorder reports |
| 2011-10-07 | ERA12CA038 Part 121 airline | MCDONNELL DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT CO MD-88 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | Atlanta, GA | No injury | 4 docs |
| 2011-06-12 | DCA11CA073 Part 121 airline | BOEING 757-222 | UNITED AIR LINES INC | San Fransico, CA | No injury | no docket |
| 2011-05-31 | WPR11LA300 Part 121 airline | BOEING 757-222 | United Airlines | Los Angeles, CA | Serious injury | 8 docs |
| 2011-04-03 | CEN11IA270 Part 121 airline | EMBRAER EMB-135KL | Chautauqua Airlines Inc | Dubuque, IA | No injury | 6 docs |
| 2011-02-21 | CEN11IA198 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-823 | American Airlines, Inc. | Southlake, TX | No injury | 6 docs |
| 2010-12-18 | DCA11CA014 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-7H4 | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO | Philadelphia, PA | No injury | no docket |
| 2010-11-24 | WPR11LA058 Part 121 airline | BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2C10 | SKYWEST AIRLINES INC | Salt Lake City, UT | No injury | 12 docs · FDR tables |
| 2010-11-02 | ERA11CA046 Part 121 airline | BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2B19 | SkyWest Airlines | Pittsburgh, PA | No injury | 6 docs |
| 2010-06-19 | DCA10CA075 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737 | Delta Air Lines, Inc. | New York, NY | No injury | 2 docs |
| 2010-04-10 | WPR10FA199 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-3H4 | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO | Los Angeles, CA | No injury | 12 docs |
| 2009-04-21 | WPR09LA211 Part 121 airline | DE HAVILLAND DHC-8 | Mesa Airlines | Phoenix, AZ | No injury | 8 docs · recorder reports |
| 2008-12-24 | WPR09IA065 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-890 | Alaska Airlines | Seattle, WA | No injury | 13 docs |
| 2008-12-03 | CEN09LA093 Part 121 airline | MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-9-50 | NORTHWEST AIRLINES INC | Madison, WI | No injury | 1 docs |
| 2008-06-28 | NYC08LA234 Part 121 airline | Bombardier, Inc. CL-600-2C10 | PSA Airlines Inc. | Charlotte, NC | No injury | no docket |