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 · Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)
51
cases in this slice
5
fatal accidents
20
lives lost
42
with a probable cause
42
with coded findings
37
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
42 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 inAircraft41 cases · 72 causal · 17 contributing
- Aircraft systems — Landing gear system, Hydraulic power system33
- Aircraft structures — Doors, Windows-windshield system6
- Aircraft power plant — Engine fuel and control, Engine (turbine/turboprop)5
- Aircraft oper/perf/capability — Performance/control parameters4
- Aircraft handling/service — Maintenance/inspections3
- Fluids/misc hardware — Misc hardware, Fluids3
- Aircraft propeller/rotor — Main rotor system, Rotorcraft flight control2
Personnel issues17 cases · 24 causal · 0 contributing
- Task performance — Maintenance, Use of equip/info12
- Action/decision — Action, Info processing/decision6
- Physical — Alertness/Fatigue1
- Experience/knowledge — Knowledge, Training1
- Psychological — Attention/monitoring1
Organizational issues15 cases · 22 causal · 3 contributing
- Management — Policy/procedure, Resources9
- Support/oversight/monitoring — Oversight, Documentation/record keeping5
- Development — Selection/certification/testing, Manufacture/production4
Environmental issues5 cases · 3 causal · 3 contributing
- Task environment — Physical workspace, (general)2
- Physical environment — 2
- Conditions/weather/phenomena — Wind1
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
- Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power) · 38 defining51
- Landing gear not configured · 1 defining7
- Fire/smoke (non-impact) · 3 defining6
- Abnormal runway contact · 1 defining3
- Runway excursion · 1 defining2
- Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail · 1 defining2
- Loss of control in flight · 1 defining2
- Part(s) separation from AC · 1 defining2
Phase of flight of the defining event
- Landing17
- Enroute8
- Approach8
- InitialClimb6
- Takeoff3
- Standing3
- Unknown3
- Taxi2
- Pushback/Tow1
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 fatal13
- Airbus · 1 fatal8
- Other · 1 fatal2
- Piper · 1 fatal1
- Bell · 1 fatal1
Operators with the most cases
- Skywest Airlines4
- United Airlines4
- American Airlines3
- Delta Air Lines3
- American Eagle Airlines2
- Atlas Air2
- Federal Express2
- Great Lakes Aviation2
- Piedmont Airlines2
- Aar Airlift · 3 lives1
- Abx Air1
- Air America Flight Services · 2 lives1
What changed because of them
37 recommendations · 0 opensafety recommendations issued from these cases, by the NTSB's status of the response- Closed · acceptable 18
- Closed · unacceptable 16
- Closed · superseded or reconsidered 3
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 42 coded cases here- Aircraft systems › Landing gear system · Aircraft · 48%20 cases
- Task performance › Maintenance · Personnel issues · 19%8 cases
- Management › Policy/procedure · Organizational issues · 19%8 cases
- Action/decision › Action · Personnel issues · 10%4 cases
- Aircraft systems › Hydraulic power system · Aircraft · 10%4 cases
- Aircraft oper/perf/capability › Performance/control parameters · Aircraft · 10%4 cases
- Aircraft handling/service › Maintenance/inspections · Aircraft · 7%3 cases
- Task performance › Use of equip/info · Personnel issues · 7%3 cases
- Support/oversight/monitoring › Oversight · Organizational issues · 5%2 cases
- Action/decision › Info processing/decision · Personnel issues · 5%2 cases
- Aircraft structures › Windows-windshield system · Aircraft · 5%2 cases
- Aircraft systems › Equipment/furnishings · Aircraft · 5%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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-09 | DCA25WA345 Part 121 airline | BOEING 777-222 | UNITED AIRLINES INC | Ezeiza, OF | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2025-07-26 | DCA25LA275 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-8 | American Airlines, Inc. | Denver, CO | No injury | 4 docs |
| 2025-06-12 | DCA25LA233 Part 121 airline | BOEING 747-47UF | ATLAS AIR INC | Guayaquil | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2024-06-11 | DCA24WA208 Part 121 airline | BOEING 747 | Atlas Air | Incheon | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2023-08-21 | DCA23FA417 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-890 | Alaska Airlines | Santa Ana, CA | No injury | 16 docs · FDR tables |
| 2023-08-21 | DCA23WA436 Part 121 airline | AEROSPATIALE/AERITALIA ATR 42-300 | Mountain Air Cargo | Freeport | — | no docket · open |
| 2023-06-28 | DCA23FA339 Part 121 airline | BOEING 717-200 | Delta Air Lines Inc | Charlotte, NC | No injury | 7 docs · recorder reports |
| 2021-03-24 | DCA21WA107 Part 121 airline | BOEING 757-24APF | UPS | San Salvador | — | no docket · open |
| 2020-08-24 | DCA20WA141 Part 121 airline | Boeing 737 | American Airlines | Mexico City | — | no docket · open |
| 2020-08-19 | DCA20LA138 Part 121 airline | Boeing 767 | Federal Express | Los Angeles, CA | Serious injury | 5 docs |
| 2020-02-27 | DCA20WA094 Part 121 airline | Boeing 737 | Delta Air Lines | Monterrey | — | 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 |
| 2018-04-20 | DCA18FA144 Part 121 airline | MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC 9 83(MD-83) | Caribbean Sun Airlines Inc | Alexandria, LA | No injury | 15 docs · FDR tables |
| 2017-12-23 | DCA18CA056 Part 121 airline | MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC 9 33F | Everts Air | Bethel, AK | No injury | 8 docs |
| 2017-02-20 | DCA17WA115 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A321 | American Airlines | Cancun | — | no docket · open |
| 2016-09-24 | DCA16CA226 Part 121 airline | BOMBARDIER INC DHC 8 202 | Champlain Enterprises, LLC | Dulles, VA | No injury | 3 docs |
| 2016-07-07 | ENG16IA027 Part 121 airline | BOEING 757 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | Jamaica, NY | No injury | 9 docs |
| 2015-05-05 | CEN15IA225 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A319 112 | FRONTIER AIRLINES INC | New Orleans, LA | No injury | 7 docs |
| 2015-03-14 | DCA15IA089 Part 121 airline | BOMBARDIER INC CL 600 2C10 | GOJET AIRLINES LLC | Chicago, IL | No injury | 10 docs · recorder reports |
| 2015-02-24 | DCA15FA073 Part 121 airline | MCDONNELL DOUGLAS MD 11F | FEDERAL EXPRESS CORP | St. Louis, MO | Serious injury | 12 docs |
| 2015-02-10 | CEN15LA140 Part 121 airline | EMBRAER ERJ 190 100 IGW | US AIRWAYS INC | Houston, TX | Minor injury | 7 docs · FDR tables |
| 2013-05-18 | DCA13FA094 Part 121 airline | BOMBARDIER DHC8 | Piedmont Airlines | Newark, NJ | No injury | 15 docs · FDR tables |
| 2012-08-27 | DCA12WA131 Part 121 airline | BOEING 767 | UNITED AIR LINES INC | London | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2012-07-19 | CEN12LA457 Part 121 airline | BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2C10 | AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES INC | Peoria, IL | Serious injury | 1 docs |
| 2012-06-17 | DCA12IA096 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A320 | JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION | Las Vegas, NV | No injury | 19 docs · FDR tables |
| 2012-03-13 | ENG12IA024 Part 121 airline | BEECH 1900D | Great Lakes Aviation | Hays, KS | — | no docket |
| 2012-02-17 | ENG12IA014 Part 121 airline | BEECH 1900D | Great Lakes Airlines | Denver International Airport, CO | — | no docket |
| 2012-01-16 | DCA12FA024 Part 135 fatal | BELL 214 | AAR Airlift | Camp Bastion | Fatal · 3 | 25 docs · recorder reports |
| 2011-12-08 | DCA12MA020 Major investigation | EUROCOPTER FRANCE AS350B2 | SUNDANCE HELICOPTERS INC | Las Vegas, NV | Fatal · 5 | 94 docs |
| 2011-12-03 | ENG12IA013 Part 121 airline | BEECH 1900D | GREAT LAKES AVIATION LTD | Denver International Airport, CO | — | no docket |
| 2011-06-07 | CEN11IA379 Part 121 airline | BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2B19 | SKYWEST AIRLINES INC | Milwaukee, WI | No injury | 30 docs · FDR tables |
| 2011-06-03 | CEN11IA369 Part 121 airline | EMBRAER EMB-145 | AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES INC | Chicago, IL | No injury | 9 docs · FDR tables |
| 2011-03-17 | ENG11IA021 Part 121 airline | BOMBARDIER INC DHC 8 402 | Colgan Air, Inc. | Pittsburgh, PA | No injury | 5 docs · FDR tables |
| 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 |
| 2010-10-18 | WPR11IA019 Part 121 airline | BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2B19 | SkyWest Airlines | Phoenix, AZ | No injury | 4 docs |
| 2010-08-04 | DCA10IA082 Part 121 airline | BOEING 767-322 | United | Chicago, IL | Minor injury | no docket |
| 2010-05-23 | WPR10IA256 Part 121 airline | BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2B19 | SKYWEST AIRLINES INC | Ontario, CA | No injury | 11 docs · FDR tables |
| 2010-01-10 | DCA10IA021 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS INDUSTRIE A319-131 | UNITED AIR LINES INC | Newark, NJ | Minor injury | 40 docs · FDR tables |
| 2008-12-16 | CEN09FA094 Part 121 airline | BOMBARDIER CL-600-2C10 | Mesa Airlines, Inc | Chicago, IL | No injury | 25 docs · FDR tables |
| 2008-12-14 | DCA09IA017 Part 121 airline | BOMBARDIER CL-600-2B19 | AIR WISCONSIN AIRLINES CORPORATION | Philadelphia, PA | No injury | no docket |
| 2008-11-16 | ERA09IA056 Part 121 airline | DeHavilland DHC-8-311 | Piedmont Airlines | Philadelphia, PA | No injury | 14 docs · FDR tables |
| 2008-09-20 | DCA08MA098 Major investigation | Learjet LR60 | Global Exec Avaition | Columbia, SC | Fatal · 4 | 1 docs · recorder reports |
| 2008-06-28 | DCA08MA076 Major investigation | BOEING 767 | ABX Air | San Francisco, CA | No injury | 41 docs · recorder reports |
| 2008-04-20 | ENG08IA022 Part 121 airline | BOEING 747 | KALITTA AIR LLC | Newark, NJ | No injury | no docket |
| 2008-03-27 | DFW08IA087 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-524 | Continental Airlines Inc | Houston, TX | No injury | 8 docs · FDR tables |
| 2008-02-26 | DCA08IA044 Part 121 airline | Airbus Industrie A320 | United Air Lines | Jackson, WY | Minor injury | 39 docs · FDR tables |
| 2008-01-31 | ENG08IA011 Part 121 airline | Boeing B757-200 | AMERICAN AIRLINES COMMERCIAL FLIGHT OPERATIONS | West Palm Beach, FL | Minor injury | no docket |
| 2008-01-18 | ANC08IA033 Part 121 airline | Fairchild SA227-AC | Dutch Harbor, AK | No injury | no docket | |
| 2008-01-09 | CHI08LA071 Part 121 airline | Airbus Industrie A319-114 | Northwest Airlines | Detroit, MI | No injury | 15 docs |
| 2008-01-08 | CHI08IA065 Part 121 airline | Boeing 737-2H4 | Ameristar Air Cargo, Inc. | Lincoln, NE | No injury | no docket |
| 2008-01-05 | ANC08MA038 Major investigation | PIPER PA-31-350 | Servant Air, Inc. | Kodiak, AK | Fatal · 6 | 23 docs |