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 35 cases · Runway excursion
35
cases in this slice
4
fatal accidents
14
lives lost
23
with a probable cause
22
with coded findings
76
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
22 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 inAircraft19 cases · 30 causal · 10 contributing
- Aircraft oper/perf/capability — Performance/control parameters, (general)12
- Aircraft systems — Landing gear system, Flight control system11
- Aircraft power plant — Engine exhaust2
- Aircraft handling/service — Maintenance/inspections1
Personnel issues17 cases · 35 causal · 7 contributing
- Action/decision — Action, Info processing/decision14
- Task performance — Use of equip/info, Communication (personnel)12
- Psychological — Cognitive limitation, Perception/orientation/illusion4
- Experience/knowledge — Experience/qualifications2
Organizational issues12 cases · 22 causal · 3 contributing
- Support/oversight/monitoring — Oversight, Training8
- Management — Policy/procedure, Resources7
- Development — Selection/certification/testing, Design4
Environmental issues9 cases · 10 causal · 4 contributing
- Conditions/weather/phenomena — Wind, Ceiling/visibility/precip6
- Physical environment — Object/animal/substance, Runway/land/takeoff/taxi surface4
- Operating environment — Airport facilities/design1
Not determined1 cases · 1 causal · 0 contributing
- Not determined — (general)1
Solid = cited in the probable cause · outlined = contributing factor · hover a row for the most-cited specifics.
Occurrences coded
- Runway excursion · 24 defining35
- Loss of control on ground · 4 defining6
- Abnormal runway contact · 2 defining3
- Flight control sys malf/fail · 1 defining2
- Landing gear collapse · 1 defining2
- Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power) · 1 defining2
- Landing area undershoot · 1 defining1
Phase of flight of the defining event
- Landing27
- Takeoff7
- InitialClimb1
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
- Bombardier / De Havilland · 1 fatal3
- Gulfstream · 1 fatal1
- Saab · 1 fatal1
- Other · 1 fatal1
Operators with the most cases
- American Airlines4
- Expressjet Airlines2
- Trans States Airlines2
- United Airlines2
- 21 Air1
- 987 Investments1
- Air America Flight Services · 2 lives1
- Air Wisconsin Airlines1
- American Airlines Inc.1
- American Eagle1
- Arizin Ventures · 7 lives1
- Atlas Air1
What changed because of them
76 recommendations · 14 opensafety recommendations issued from these cases, by the NTSB's status of the response- Closed · acceptable 30
- Closed · unacceptable 26
- Closed · superseded or reconsidered 6
- Open · acceptable response 12
- Open · unacceptable response 1
- Open · awaiting response 1
Issued per year
Recommendations
Reiterated most often
- A-16-026reiterated ×1Closed - Unacceptable Action
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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 20 coded cases here- Task performance › Use of equip/info · Personnel issues · 40%8 cases
- Aircraft oper/perf/capability › Performance/control parameters · Aircraft · 40%8 cases
- Action/decision › Action · Personnel issues · 35%7 cases
- Action/decision › Info processing/decision · Personnel issues · 30%6 cases
- Aircraft systems › Landing gear system · Aircraft · 25%5 cases
- Conditions/weather/phenomena › Wind · Environmental issues · 20%4 cases
- Management › Policy/procedure · Organizational issues · 20%4 cases
- Aircraft systems › Flight control system · Aircraft · 15%3 cases
- Support/oversight/monitoring › Training · Organizational issues · 15%3 cases
- Support/oversight/monitoring › Oversight · Organizational issues · 15%3 cases
- Aircraft oper/perf/capability › (general) · Aircraft · 10%2 cases
- Development › Design · Organizational issues · 10%2 cases
The cases
35 of 35newest first — open any case for its recorders, transcript, photographs and analyst| Date | Case | Aircraft | Operator | Where | Outcome | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-06 | DCA26MA352 Major investigation | BOEING 767-33A | 21 Air LLC | Miami, FL | Fatal | no docket · open |
| 2024-02-11 | DCA24LA095 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-823 | AMERICAN AIRLINES INC | Dallas, TX | No injury | 11 docs · FDR tables |
| 2023-08-07 | DCA23WA398 Part 121 airline | BOEING 747-481F | KALITTA AIR LLC | Ningbo | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2023-01-12 | DCA23WA127 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A330-323 | Delta Airlines | Amsterdam | — | no docket · open |
| 2022-10-05 | DCA23LA005 Part 121 airline | BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2B19 | AIR WISCONSIN AIRLINES LLC | Dayton, OH | No injury | 18 docs · FDR tables |
| 2022-05-11 | DCA22LA182 Part 121 airline | MITSUBISHI CL-600-2B19 | SKYWEST AIRLINES INC | Houston, TX | No injury | 13 docs · FDR tables |
| 2022-02-15 | ENG22WA011 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A319 | Mexico City | — | no docket · open | |
| 2021-10-19 | DCA22MA009 Major investigation | MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-9-87 (MD-87) | 987 Investments, LLC | Brookshire, TX | Serious injury | 56 docs · FDR tables |
| 2020-12-30 | DCA21WA061 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-824 | United Airlines | San Jose, OF | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2020-10-24 | DCA21WA010 Part 121 airline | EMBRAER EMB145 | American Eagle | Freeport | Minor injury | no docket · open |
| 2020-06-03 | DCA20WA112 Part 121 airline | Mcdonnell Douglas MD11 | Federal Express | Mumbai | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2019-11-11 | DCA20LA013 Part 121 airline | Embraer EMB145 | Envoy Air Inc. | Chicago, IL | No injury | 14 docs · FDR tables |
| 2019-10-18 | DCA20MA002 Major investigation | Saab 2000 | Peninsula AviationServices Inc., | Unalaska, AK | Fatal · 1 | 40 docs · FDR tables |
| 2019-08-01 | ANC19LA045 Part 121 airline | DOUGLAS C 118A | Tatonduk Outfitters Limited | Buckland, AK | No injury | 3 docs |
| 2019-05-04 | DCA19MA143 Major investigation | Boeing 737 | Miami Air International | Jacksonville, FL | Minor injury | 65 docs · FDR tables |
| 2019-04-11 | DCA19LA134 Part 121 airline | Airbus A321 | American Airlines | New York, NY | No injury | 20 docs · FDR tables |
| 2018-12-06 | DCA19IA036 Part 121 airline | Boeing 737 | Southwest Airlines | Burbank, CA | No injury | 28 docs · FDR tables |
| 2018-11-07 | DCA19WA021 Part 121 airline | Boeing 747 | Halifax | No injury | no docket · open | |
| 2018-09-27 | ERA18FA264 Part 135 fatal | Dassault FALCON 50 | Air America Flight Services INC | Greenville, SC | Fatal · 2 | 15 docs · recorder reports |
| 2017-07-15 | DCA17WA166 Part 121 airline | BOEING 747-87UF | Atlas Air | Narita | — | no docket · open |
| 2016-10-28 | DCA17MA022 Major investigation | MCDONNELL DOUGLAS MD 10-10F | FedEx Express | Fort Lauderdale, FL | No injury | 19 docs · FDR tables |
| 2016-10-27 | DCA17IA020 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737 7L9 | Eastern Airlines Group, Inc., | New York, NY | No injury | 28 docs · FDR tables |
| 2015-03-05 | DCA15FA085 Part 121 airline | MCDONNELL DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT CO MD 88 | Delta Air Lines | New York, NY | No injury | 81 docs · FDR tables |
| 2014-06-01 | ERA14MA271 Major investigation | GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE G IV | Arizin Ventures, LLC | Bedford, MA | Fatal · 7 | 91 docs · FDR tables |
| 2011-09-04 | CEN11WA628 Part 121 airline | EMBRAER EMB-145LR | TRANS STATES AIRLINES INC | Ottawa | No injury | 1 docs · open |
| 2011-08-29 | ENG11IA047 Part 121 airline | EMBRAER EMB145 | EXPRESSJET AIRLINES INC | Moline, IL | No injury | 14 docs · FDR tables |
| 2011-04-04 | DCA11IA040 Part 121 airline | Airbus A320 | United Airlines | New Orleans, LA | No injury | 51 docs · FDR tables |
| 2011-03-18 | CEN11IA234 Part 121 airline | EMBRAER EMB-145XR | Express Jet | Akron, OH | No injury | 11 docs · FDR tables |
| 2011-02-01 | OPS11IA271 Part 121 airline | EMBRAER EMB-145LR | EXPRESSJET AIRLINES INC | Dayton, OH | No injury | 12 docs · recorder reports |
| 2010-12-29 | DCA11IA015 Part 121 airline | BOEING 757-223 | AMERICAN AIRLINES INC | Jackson Hole, WY | No injury | 45 docs · FDR tables |
| 2010-12-01 | DCA11WA010 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-823 | AMERICAN AIRLINES INC | Montreal | No injury | no docket |
| 2010-06-16 | DCA10RA069 Part 121 airline | EMBRAER EMB-145LR | TRANS STATES AIRLINES INC | Ottawa | Minor injury | no docket · open |
| 2009-12-23 | DCA10RA017 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737 | American Airlines Inc., | Kingston | Serious injury | no docket · open |
| 2008-12-21 | DCA09MA021 Major investigation | BOEING 737-524 | CONTINENTAL AIRLINES INC | Denver, CO | Serious injury | 91 docs · FDR tables |
| 2008-09-20 | DCA08MA098 Major investigation | Learjet LR60 | Global Exec Avaition | Columbia, SC | Fatal · 4 | 1 docs · recorder reports |