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 3 cases · Part 129
3
cases in this slice
3
fatal accidents
11
lives lost
1
with a probable cause
1
with coded findings
27
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
1 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 inAircraft1 cases · 1 causal · 2 contributing
- Aircraft systems — Auto flight system1
Personnel issues1 cases · 6 causal · 0 contributing
- Experience/knowledge — Training1
- Physical — Alertness/Fatigue1
- Psychological — Attention/monitoring1
- Action/decision — Action, Info processing/decision1
Not determined1 cases · 0 causal · 1 contributing
- Not determined — 1
Organizational issues1 cases · 0 causal · 4 contributing
- Management — 1
- Support/oversight/monitoring — 1
Environmental issues1 cases · 0 causal · 1 contributing
- Operating environment — 1
Solid = cited in the probable cause · outlined = contributing factor · hover a row for the most-cited specifics.
Occurrences coded
- Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT) · 1 defining1
- Unknown or undetermined · 1 defining1
- Runway incursion veh/AC/person · 1 defining1
Phase of flight of the defining event
- Approach1
- Takeoff1
- Landing1
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 · 2 fatal2
- Boeing / McDonnell Douglas · 1 fatal1
Operating rule
- Part 129 · 3 fatal3
Operators with the most cases
- Asiana Airlines · 3 lives1
- Jazz Aviation Lp · 2 lives1
- Med Jets, S.A. De C.V. · 6 lives1
What changed because of them
27 recommendations · 3 opensafety recommendations issued from these cases, by the NTSB's status of the response- Closed · acceptable 21
- Closed · unacceptable 3
- Open · acceptable response 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 1 coded cases here- Aircraft systems › Auto flight system · Aircraft · 100%1 cases
- Experience/knowledge › Training · Personnel issues · 100%1 cases
- Physical › Alertness/Fatigue · Personnel issues · 100%1 cases
- Psychological › Attention/monitoring · Personnel issues · 100%1 cases
- Action/decision › Info processing/decision · Personnel issues · 100%1 cases
- Action/decision › Action · Personnel issues · 100%1 cases
The cases
3 of 3newest first — open any case for its recorders, transcript, photographs and analyst| Date | Case | Aircraft | Operator | Where | Outcome | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-23 | DCA26MA161 Major investigation | MITSUBISHI CL-600 | Jazz Aviation LP | New York, NY | Fatal · 2 | no docket · open |
| 2025-01-31 | ERA25MA106 Major investigation | LEARJET 55 | Med Jets, S.A. DE C.V. | Philadelphia, PA | Fatal · 6 | 59 docs · recorder reports · open |
| 2013-07-06 | DCA13MA120 Major investigation | BOEING 777-200ER | Asiana Airlines | San Francisco, CA | Fatal · 3 | 183 docs · FDR tables |