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 51 cases · Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail
51
cases in this slice
5
fatal accidents
10
lives lost
34
with a probable cause
33
with coded findings
12
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
33 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 inAircraft30 cases · 48 causal · 11 contributing
- Aircraft power plant — Engine (turbine/turboprop), Engine fuel and control28
- Aircraft structures — Nacelles/pylons structure, Windows-windshield system3
- Aircraft systems — Electrical power system, Flight control system3
- Aircraft handling/service — Maintenance/inspections2
- Fluids/misc hardware — Fluids2
- Aircraft oper/perf/capability — Performance/control parameters1
Personnel issues9 cases · 14 causal · 1 contributing
- Task performance — Maintenance, Use of equip/info7
- Action/decision — Action, Info processing/decision5
- Psychological — Attention/monitoring1
Organizational issues8 cases · 10 causal · 1 contributing
- Development — Design, Manufacture/production5
- Support/oversight/monitoring — Oversight, Documentation/record keeping3
- Management — Policy/procedure2
Environmental issues3 cases · 2 causal · 1 contributing
- Physical environment — Object/animal/substance2
- Conditions/weather/phenomena — 1
Solid = cited in the probable cause · outlined = contributing factor · hover a row for the most-cited specifics.
Occurrences coded
- Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail · 36 defining51
- Fire/smoke (non-impact) · 6 defining17
- Loss of engine power (total) · 1 defining7
- Uncontained engine failure · 3 defining3
- Birdstrike · 2 defining2
- Flight control sys malf/fail · 1 defining2
Phase of flight of the defining event
- Enroute18
- InitialClimb13
- Takeoff11
- Approach3
- Landing2
- Pushback/Tow2
- Taxi1
- Maneuvering1
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
- Boeing / McDonnell Douglas · 1 fatal30
- Bombardier / De Havilland · 1 fatal6
- Saab2
- Cessna · 2 fatal2
- Bell · 1 fatal1
Operators with the most cases
- Delta Air Lines13
- United Airlines6
- Southwest Airlines · 1 lives5
- American Airlines3
- Federal Express2
- Skywest Airlines2
- Spirit Airlines2
- Ace Aviation Services · 2 lives1
- Allegiant Air1
- Amerijet1
- Baron Aviation Services, Incorporated · 1 lives1
- Colgan Air1
What changed because of them
12 recommendations · 5 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
- Open · acceptable response 5
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 33 coded cases here- Aircraft power plant › Engine (turbine/turboprop) · Aircraft · 58%19 cases
- Aircraft power plant › Engine fuel and control · Aircraft · 18%6 cases
- Task performance › Maintenance · Personnel issues · 12%4 cases
- Development › Design · Organizational issues · 9%3 cases
- Task performance › Use of equip/info · Personnel issues · 9%3 cases
- Development › Manufacture/production · Organizational issues · 6%2 cases
- Physical environment › Object/animal/substance · Environmental issues · 6%2 cases
- Aircraft handling/service › Maintenance/inspections · Aircraft · 6%2 cases
- Aircraft structures › Nacelles/pylons structure · Aircraft · 6%2 cases
- Support/oversight/monitoring › Oversight · Organizational issues · 6%2 cases
- Fluids/misc hardware › Fluids · Aircraft · 6%2 cases
- Action/decision › Action · Personnel issues · 6%2 cases
The cases
51 of 51newest first — open any case for its recorders, transcript, photographs and analyst| Date | Case | Aircraft | Operator | Where | Outcome | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | DCA26WA169 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A350-941 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | Antogafasta , OF | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2026-03-02 | DCA26LA184 Part 121 airline | BOEING 787-9 | UNITED AIRLINES INC | Los Angeles, CA | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2026-03-01 | DCA26WA147 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-823 | American Airlines | San Salvador, OF | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2025-10-08 | ENG26WA001 Part 121 airline | SAAB 340 | REX Regional Express | Adelaide Aerodrome | — | no docket · open |
| 2025-05-26 | ENG25LA038 Part 121 airline | BOEING 777 | United Airlines | Beijing | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2025-03-23 | DCA25WA164 Part 121 airline | BOEING 767 | Amerijet | Managua, OF | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2025-02-24 | DCA25LA139 Part 121 airline | BOEING 717 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | Atlanta, GA | Minor injury | no docket · open |
| 2025-01-21 | ENG25WA017 Part 121 airline | BOEING 787 | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines | Santiago | — | no docket · open |
| 2024-11-08 | ENG25WA005 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737 | Quantas | Sydney, Australia | — | no docket · open |
| 2024-04-27 | ENG24WA013 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-79P | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO | San Miguel de Cozumel, OF | — | no docket · open |
| 2024-02-09 | ERA24FA110 Part 135 fatal | BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2B16 | Ace Aviation Services | Naples, FL | Fatal · 2 | 23 docs · FDR tables |
| 2023-10-18 | ENG24FA003 Part 121 airline | BOEING 767-300F | FEDERAL EXPRESS CORP | Memphis, TN | No injury | 10 docs · FDR tables |
| 2023-09-01 | DCA23WA458 Part 121 airline | BOEING 767-332 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | Prague | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2022-04-08 | ENG22WA018 Part 121 airline | BOEING 767-322 | United Airlines | Shannon, Irelan | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2021-10-02 | ENG22LA002 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A320-271N | Spirit Airlines | Atlantic City, NJ | Minor injury | 5 docs · FDR tables |
| 2021-02-20 | DCA21FA085 Part 121 airline | BOEING 777-222 | United Airlines | Broomfield, CO | No injury | 25 docs · FDR tables |
| 2020-12-28 | ENG21WA010 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A330 | Delta Air Lines | Keflavik | — | no docket · open |
| 2020-03-05 | DCA20WA096 Part 121 airline | Embraer ERJ170-200LR | Apodaca | No injury | no docket · open | |
| 2019-12-07 | CEN20FA035 Part 135 fatal | Bell 407 | Panther Helicopters Inc | Gulf of Mexico, GM | Fatal · 2 | 10 docs |
| 2019-05-30 | ENG19WA026 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A330 | Chek Lap Kok | — | no docket · open | |
| 2019-02-21 | ENG19IA013 Part 121 airline | Boeing 737 | UNITED AIR LINES INC | Orlando, FL | No injury | 2 docs |
| 2018-05-08 | DCA18WA177 Part 121 airline | Boeing 767 | American Airlines | Guayaquil | — | no docket · open |
| 2018-04-17 | DCA18MA142 Major investigation | BOEING 737 7H4 | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO | Philadelphia, PA | Fatal · 1 | 53 docs · FDR tables |
| 2018-02-13 | DCA18IA092 Part 121 airline | BOEING 777 222 | UNITED AIRLINES INC | Honolulu, HI | No injury | 13 docs · FDR tables |
| 2018-02-13 | DCA18RA093 Part 121 airline | Airbus A330 | Delta Air Lines | Lagos | Minor injury | no docket · open |
| 2017-11-07 | ENG18IA003 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A330-243 | Hawaiian Airlines | Seattle, WA | No injury | 5 docs · FDR tables |
| 2017-09-06 | ENG17IA036 Part 121 airline | BOEING 757 232 | Delta Air Lines | Las Vegas, NV | No injury | 2 docs |
| 2017-07-02 | DCA17LA182 Part 121 airline | BOMBARDIER INC CL 600 2C10 | SKYWEST AIRLINES INC | Denver, CO | No injury | 11 docs |
| 2017-06-10 | ENG17IA028 Part 121 airline | BOMBARDIER INC CL 600 2C10 | SKYWEST AIRLINES INC | Chicago, IL | No injury | 4 docs |
| 2017-06-03 | ENG17IA027 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737 7H4 | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO | Washington, DC | No injury | 3 docs · FDR tables |
| 2017-03-19 | ENG17IA017 Part 121 airline | DOUGLAS DC 9 83 | Allegiant Air | Dayton, OH | No injury | 1 docs |
| 2017-01-23 | ENG17IA008 Part 121 airline | BOMBARDIER INC CL 600 2B19 | Endeavor Air | Baltimore, MD | No injury | 3 docs |
| 2016-11-29 | ENG17IA006 Part 121 airline | BOMBARDIER INC CL 600 2C10 | GoJet Airlines, LLC. | Kansas, IL | No injury | 3 docs |
| 2016-10-26 | ENG17IA003 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A330 223 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | Seattle, WA | No injury | 2 docs |
| 2016-08-27 | DCA16FA217 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-700 | Southwest Airlines | Pensacola, FL | No injury | 14 docs · FDR tables |
| 2016-07-07 | ENG16IA027 Part 121 airline | BOEING 757 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | Jamaica, NY | No injury | 9 docs |
| 2014-09-21 | ENG14IA027 Part 121 airline | BOEING 747 | Delta Air Lines | Atlanta, GA | No injury | 6 docs · FDR tables |
| 2014-07-11 | ENG14IA019 Part 121 airline | BOEING 767 332 | Delta Air Lines | Los Angeles, CA | No injury | 1 docs |
| 2013-10-22 | DCA14WA005 Part 121 airline | BOEING 757 223 | Providenciales | No injury | no docket | |
| 2013-10-15 | ENG14IA001 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A319 132 | Spirit Airlines | Greenville, TX | No injury | 10 docs · FDR tables |
| 2012-11-06 | CEN13FA049 Part 135 fatal | CESSNA 208B | Baron Aviation Services, Incorporated | Wichita, KS | Fatal · 1 | 24 docs |
| 2012-02-13 | ENG12IA012 Part 121 airline | MCDONNELL DOUGLAS MD-10-30F | FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION | Portland, OR | — | no docket |
| 2011-12-09 | CEN12FA100 Part 135 fatal | CESSNA 421C | Quest Aviation Inc. | Sioux Falls, SD | Fatal · 4 | 43 docs |
| 2011-06-21 | ENG11IA035 Part 121 airline | BOEING 757-232 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | Atlanta, GA | Minor injury | no docket |
| 2011-03-17 | ENG11IA021 Part 121 airline | BOMBARDIER INC DHC 8 402 | Colgan Air, Inc. | Pittsburgh, PA | No injury | 5 docs · FDR tables |
| 2010-12-29 | DCA11IA015 Part 121 airline | BOEING 757-223 | AMERICAN AIRLINES INC | Jackson Hole, WY | No injury | 45 docs · FDR tables |
| 2010-12-25 | ENG11IA011 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737 | Southwest Airlines | San Francisco, CA | No injury | no docket |
| 2009-11-15 | CEN10IA053 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A319-111 | Frontier Airlines | Kansas City, MO | No injury | 4 docs |
| 2009-01-02 | ENG09IA002 Part 121 airline | BOEING 777 | Delta Air Lines | Atlanta, GA | No injury | no docket |
| 2008-08-06 | ENG08IA038 Part 121 airline | BOEING 757 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | Las Vegas, NV | No injury | 13 docs · FDR tables |
| 2008-07-29 | ANC08IA092 Part 121 airline | Saab-Scania AB (Saab) SAAB 340B | PENINSULA AIRWAYS INC | Anchorage, AK | No injury | no docket |