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 · Near midair/TCAS alert/loss of separation
32
cases in this slice
0
fatal accidents
0
lives lost
20
with a probable cause
20
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
20 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 issues17 cases · 62 causal · 11 contributing
- Action/decision — Action, Info processing/decision15
- Task performance — Communication (personnel), Use of equip/info8
- Psychological — Attention/monitoring2
- Experience/knowledge — Experience/qualifications2
- Physical — 1
Organizational issues7 cases · 16 causal · 0 contributing
- Management — Policy/procedure, Resources4
- Support/oversight/monitoring — Training, Enforcement3
- Development — Design1
Environmental issues3 cases · 1 causal · 3 contributing
- Physical environment — Object/animal/substance1
- Operating environment — 1
- Conditions/weather/phenomena — 1
Aircraft2 cases · 1 causal · 1 contributing
- Aircraft systems — 1
- Aircraft oper/perf/capability — Performance/control parameters1
Solid = cited in the probable cause · outlined = contributing factor · hover a row for the most-cited specifics.
Occurrences coded
- Near midair/TCAS alert/loss of separation · 43 defining32
- Air traffic event · 3 defining7
- Abrupt maneuver · 1 defining3
- Runway incursion veh/AC/person · 2 defining3
Phase of flight of the defining event
- Enroute19
- Approach16
- InitialClimb6
- Takeoff3
- Landing2
- Taxi1
- Maneuvering1
- 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
- Other2
Operating rule
- Part 12132
Operators with the most cases
- Delta Air Lines5
- Allegiant Air3
- Southwest Airlines2
- United Airlines2
- Air Algerie1
- Air Algérie1
- American Airlines1
- American Eagle Airlines1
- Continental Airlines1
- Easyjet1
- Norwegian Air1
- Not Specified1
What changed because of them
7 recommendations · 7 opensafety recommendations issued from these cases, by the NTSB's status of the response- Open · acceptable response 3
- Open · unacceptable response 4
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 19 coded cases here- Action/decision › Info processing/decision · Personnel issues · 47%9 cases
- Action/decision › Action · Personnel issues · 47%9 cases
- Task performance › Communication (personnel) · Personnel issues · 16%3 cases
- Management › Policy/procedure · Organizational issues · 16%3 cases
- Task performance › Use of equip/info · Personnel issues · 11%2 cases
- Psychological › Attention/monitoring · Personnel issues · 11%2 cases
- Support/oversight/monitoring › Training · Organizational issues · 11%2 cases
- Physical environment › Object/animal/substance · Environmental issues · 5%1 cases
- Support/oversight/monitoring › Enforcement · Organizational issues · 5%1 cases
- Task performance › Planning/preparation · Personnel issues · 5%1 cases
- Development › Design · Organizational issues · 5%1 cases
- Management › Resources · Organizational issues · 5%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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-08 | OPS26LA036 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-7CT | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO | Orlando, FL | — | no docket · open |
| 2026-02-12 | DCA26WA143 Part 121 airline | BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2D24 | PSA AIRLINES INC | Exhuma | Minor injury | no docket · open |
| 2025-10-23 | DCA26WA025 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A321 | easyJet | Amsterdam | — | no docket · open |
| 2025-08-28 | DCA25LA306 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS INDUSTRIE A320-212 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | Chase City, VA | Serious injury | 5 docs |
| 2025-07-29 | DCA25WA304 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737 | Air Algérie | Near MAR holding fix within Algiers TMA | — | 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 |
| 2025-07-05 | DCA25WA302 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737 | Air Algerie | North/East sector of Algiers FIR | — | no docket · open |
| 2025-06-18 | DCA25WA305 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737 | Norwegian Air | N/A | Serious injury | no docket · open |
| 2025-02-26 | OPS25LA025 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-823 | WILMINGTON TRUST CO TRUSTEE | Goodyear, AZ | — | no docket · open |
| 2024-12-19 | DCA25WA089 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-832 | Delta Air lines | Belize City | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2024-09-19 | DCA24LA316 Part 121 airline | BOEING 757-224 | UNITED AIRLINES INC | Dunnigan, CA | Serious injury | 5 docs · FDR tables |
| 2024-02-18 | DCA24WA111 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A320-232 | Merida | — | no docket · open | |
| 2023-07-23 | DCA23LA395 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A320-214 | Allegiant Air, LLC | Fort Lauderdale, FL | Serious injury | 2 docs |
| 2023-02-04 | DCA23FA149 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-79P | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO | Austin, TX | No injury | 42 docs · FDR tables |
| 2021-07-29 | DCA21WA202 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-824 | United Airlines | Mexico City | — | no docket · open |
| 2021-04-29 | OPS21LA002 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A319-112 | Allegiant Air | St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | No injury | 19 docs |
| 2017-11-29 | DCA18IA026 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-932ER | Delta Air Lines | Atlanta, GA | No injury | no docket |
| 2017-08-08 | DCA17WA172 Part 121 airline | BOEING 787-9 | Madrid | — | no docket · open | |
| 2015-04-12 | OPS15IA017 Part 121 airline | BOEING 767 34AF | United Parcel Service | Miami, FL | — | no docket |
| 2014-08-16 | OPS14IA011 Part 121 airline | BOEING 777 - 236 | unk | Shemya, AK | — | 4 docs |
| 2014-04-24 | OPS14IA005 Part 121 airline | EMBRAER EMB 145XR | NOT SPECIFIED | Newark, NJ | — | no docket |
| 2012-04-27 | OPS12IA535 Part 121 airline | Las Vegas, NV | — | 4 docs | ||
| 2011-06-27 | OPS11IA686 Part 121 airline | MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-9-83(MD-83) | ALLEGIANT AIR LLC | Apache Junction, AZ | — | no docket |
| 2010-11-11 | OPS11IA101 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-832 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | 66 NM East of Hobe Sound, FL | — | no docket |
| 2010-09-16 | OPS10IA574 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS INDUSTRIE A320-214 | US AIRWAYS INC | Minneapolis, MN | No injury | no docket |
| 2010-08-09 | DCA10LA083 Part 121 airline | EMBRAER ERJ 170 100 SE | SHUTTLE AMERICA CORP | Summit, MS | Serious injury | 10 docs · FDR tables |
| 2010-04-29 | OPS10IA163 Part 121 airline | BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2B19 | SKYWEST AIRLINES INC | Burbank, CA | — | no docket |
| 2010-04-22 | OPS10IA155 Part 121 airline | EMBRAER EMB-135KL | AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES INC | Chicago, IL | — | no docket |
| 2010-03-27 | OPS10IA020 Part 121 airline | BOEING 777-222 | San Francisco, CA | No injury | no docket | |
| 2010-03-25 | OPS10IA014 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737 | CONTINENTAL AIRLINES INC | Worton, MD | — | no docket |
| 2009-06-01 | OPS09IA006 Part 121 airline | MCDONNELL DOUGLAS MD80 | Chicago, IL | No injury | no docket | |
| 2008-09-22 | OPS09IA001 Part 121 airline | American Airlines | Peoria, IL | No injury | no docket |