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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 43 cases · Tailstrike
43
cases in this slice
0
fatal accidents
0
lives lost
33
with a probable cause
33
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
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 inPersonnel issues31 cases · 31 causal · 17 contributing
- Action/decision — Action, Info processing/decision23
- Task performance — Use of equip/info11
- Experience/knowledge — 2
- Psychological — 1
Aircraft10 cases · 11 causal · 2 contributing
- Aircraft oper/perf/capability — Performance/control parameters8
- Aircraft structures — Fuselage2
- Aircraft power plant — Engine controls1
Environmental issues5 cases · 2 causal · 4 contributing
- Conditions/weather/phenomena — Wind4
- Operating environment — 1
Solid = cited in the probable cause · outlined = contributing factor · hover a row for the most-cited specifics.
Occurrences coded
- Tailstrike · 42 defining43
Phase of flight of the defining event
- Landing39
- Takeoff3
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
- Airbus15
Operating rule
- Part 12143
Operators with the most cases
- United Airlines9
- American Airlines6
- Delta Air Lines6
- United Parcel Service4
- Frontier Airlines3
- Jetblue Airways2
- Omni Air International2
- Cargo Aircraft Management1
- Federal Express1
- Hawaiian Airlines1
- Lufthansa Cargo Airlines1
- Northwest Airlines1
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 25 coded cases here- Action/decision › Action · Personnel issues · 60%15 cases
- Task performance › Use of equip/info · Personnel issues · 36%9 cases
- Aircraft oper/perf/capability › Performance/control parameters · Aircraft · 24%6 cases
- Action/decision › Info processing/decision · Personnel issues · 20%5 cases
- Aircraft structures › Fuselage · Aircraft · 8%2 cases
- Conditions/weather/phenomena › Wind · Environmental issues · 8%2 cases
- Aircraft power plant › Engine controls · Aircraft · 4%1 cases
The cases
43 of 43newest first — open any case for its recorders, transcript, photographs and analyst| Date | Case | Aircraft | Operator | Where | Outcome | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-14 | DCA26LA282 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A321-211 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | New York, NY | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2026-02-09 | DCA26LA115 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A321-271NX | JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP | San Francisco, CA | No injury | 5 docs |
| 2025-07-14 | DCA25LA286 Part 121 airline | EMBRAER-EMPRESA BRASILEIRA DE ERJ 170-200 LR | Republic Airways | Boston, MA | No injury | 6 docs |
| 2025-07-12 | DCA25LA266 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A320-251N | Frontier Airlines | Denver, CO | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2025-07-02 | DCA25LA251 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-924ER | UNITED AIRLINES INC | Las Vegas, NV | No injury | 6 docs · FDR tables |
| 2025-01-10 | DCA25LA085 Part 121 airline | BOEING 767 | UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CO | San Bernardino, CA | No injury | 3 docs |
| 2024-10-29 | DCA25LA015 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A300 F4-622R | United Parcel Service Co | Louisville, KY | No injury | 4 docs · FDR tables |
| 2024-03-23 | DCA24WA132 Part 121 airline | BOEING 767-338 | CARGO AIRCRAFT MANAGEMENT INC | Panama City | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2024-01-10 | DCA24LA065 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737 | UNITED AIRLINES INC | Houston, TX | No injury | 5 docs · recorder reports |
| 2023-05-05 | DCA23LA278 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A321-231 | AMERICAN AIRLINES INC | Charlotte, NC | No injury | 3 docs |
| 2023-03-24 | DCA23LA232 Part 121 airline | MCDONNELL DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT CO MD-88 | USA JET AIRLINES INC | Saltillo, OF | No injury | 1 docs |
| 2023-03-22 | DCA23LA221 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A320-232 | UNITED AIRLINES INC | Houston, TX | No injury | 2 docs |
| 2022-08-07 | DCA22LA178 Part 121 airline | BOEING 757-251 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | Atlanta, GA | No injury | 7 docs · FDR tables |
| 2022-01-22 | DCA22LA069 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A320-232 | JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP | Hayden, CO | No injury | 7 docs · FDR tables |
| 2021-12-13 | DCA22LA044 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A320-251N | Frontier Airlines | Paradise, NV | No injury | 4 docs |
| 2021-11-25 | DCA22WA035 Part 121 airline | BOEING 767-332 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | Bogata | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2021-09-27 | DCA22LA002 Part 121 airline | BOEING 757-224 | United Airlines Inc. | Newark, NJ | No injury | 2 docs |
| 2021-09-23 | DCA22LA004 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A321-271N | HAWAIIAN AIRLINES INC | Honolulu, HI | No injury | 3 docs |
| 2021-08-12 | DCA21LA210 Part 121 airline | MCDONNELL DOUGLAS MD-11F | UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CO | Phoenix, AZ | No injury | no docket |
| 2020-03-21 | DCA20CA095 Part 121 airline | Boeing 757 | American Airlines | Las Vegas, NV | No injury | 3 docs |
| 2019-08-08 | DCA19LA193 Part 121 airline | Airbus A321 | Frontier Airlines | Orlando, FL | No injury | no docket |
| 2019-07-11 | DCA19WA184 Part 121 airline | Boeing 737 | United Airlines | San Jose | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2019-06-09 | DCA19CA169 Part 121 airline | Boeing 737 | UNITED AIR LINES INC | Denver, CO | No injury | 5 docs |
| 2018-12-31 | DCA19CA066 Part 121 airline | Boeing 757 | American Airlines | Charlotte, NC | — | 4 docs |
| 2018-07-31 | DCA18CA266 Part 121 airline | Boeing 757 | American Airlines | Philadelphia, PA | No injury | no docket |
| 2018-06-10 | DCA18WA222 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737 800 | Swiftair | Crete | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2017-09-15 | DCA17WA209 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A321 231 | American Airlines | Christ Church | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2017-06-23 | DCA17LA145 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A321 | Delta Air Lines, Inc. | Atlanta, GA | No injury | 18 docs · FDR tables |
| 2017-05-21 | DCA17LA122 Part 121 airline | BOEING 757 | Delta Air Lines | Raleigh, NC | No injury | 5 docs · FDR tables |
| 2017-02-28 | DCA17WA073 Part 121 airline | BOEING 767 33A | Omni Air International | Azraq | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2016-03-05 | DCA16CA113 Part 121 airline | BOEING 767 34AF | UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CO | Albuquerque, NM | No injury | 2 docs |
| 2014-07-30 | DCA14LA137 Part 121 airline | BOEING 757 | United Airlines | San Diego, CA | No injury | 4 docs · FDR tables |
| 2014-06-20 | DCA14FA122 Part 121 airline | BOEING 767 36N | OMNI AIR INTERNATIONAL INC | Kabul | Minor injury | 12 docs · FDR tables |
| 2014-01-04 | DCA14CA034 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737 | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO | Las Vegas, NV | No injury | 1 docs |
| 2013-04-05 | DCA13FA071 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS 321 | U.A Airways Inc | Las Vegas, NV | No injury | no docket |
| 2013-03-08 | DCA13CA065 Part 121 airline | BOEING 757-232 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | Atlanta, GA | No injury | 5 docs · recorder reports |
| 2013-01-25 | DCA13CA043 Part 121 airline | MCDONNELL DOUGLAS MD11 | FEDERAL EXPRESS CORP | Denver, CO | No injury | 8 docs · FDR tables |
| 2011-06-11 | DCA11WA086 Part 121 airline | MCDONNELL DOUGLAS MD11 - F | LUFTHANSA CARGO AIRLINES | Mumbai | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2011-01-03 | DCA11FA050 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-823 | American Airlines | Los Angeles, CA | No injury | 6 docs · FDR tables |
| 2010-05-07 | DCA10WA056 Part 121 airline | BOEING 747-422 | UNITED AIR LINES INC | Sydney | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2009-05-04 | DCA09FA047 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A320 | NORTHWEST AIRLINES INC | Denver, CO | Minor injury | 15 docs · recorder reports |
| 2008-10-20 | DCA09FA004 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS 320 | United Airlines | Phoenix, AZ | No injury | 10 docs · FDR tables |
| 2008-08-14 | DFW08CA215 Part 121 airline | EMBRAER EMB-145LR | TRANS STATES AIRLINES | St. Louis, MO | No injury | no docket |