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 2 cases · Part PUB
2
cases in this slice
1
fatal accidents
4
lives lost
2
with a probable cause
1
with coded findings
31
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 inOrganizational issues1 cases · 0 causal · 3 contributing
- Support/oversight/monitoring — 1
- Management — 1
Personnel issues1 cases · 4 causal · 0 contributing
- Action/decision — Action1
- Task performance — Workload management, Use of equip/info1
- Experience/knowledge — Experience/qualifications1
Environmental issues1 cases · 2 causal · 0 contributing
- Operating environment — Communication system1
- Conditions/weather/phenomena — Ceiling/visibility/precip1
Aircraft1 cases · 1 causal · 1 contributing
- Aircraft oper/perf/capability — Performance/control parameters1
- Aircraft systems — 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
Phase of flight of the defining event
- Approach1
Aircraft and operators
by manufacturer family and operating rule — counts of cases, with no fleet-size denominator, so a busy family simply flies moreWhat changed because of them
31 recommendations · 0 opensafety recommendations issued from these cases, by the NTSB's status of the response- Closed · acceptable 26
- Closed · unacceptable 2
- Closed · superseded or reconsidered 3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 1 coded cases here- Action/decision › Action · Personnel issues · 100%1 cases
- Operating environment › Communication system · Environmental issues · 100%1 cases
- Aircraft oper/perf/capability › Performance/control parameters · Aircraft · 100%1 cases
- Task performance › Workload management · Personnel issues · 100%1 cases
- Task performance › Use of equip/info · Personnel issues · 100%1 cases
- Experience/knowledge › Experience/qualifications · Personnel issues · 100%1 cases
- Conditions/weather/phenomena › Ceiling/visibility/precip · Environmental issues · 100%1 cases
The cases
2 of 2newest first — open any case for its recorders, transcript, photographs and analyst| Date | Case | Aircraft | Operator | Where | Outcome | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-09-28 | MIA08MA203 Major investigation | AEROSPATIALE SA365N-1 D | Maryland State Police | District Heights, MD | Fatal · 4 | 126 docs |
| 2006-04-25 | CHI06MA121 Major investigation | GENERAL ATOMICS PREDATOR B | Nogales, AZ | No injury | 32 docs |