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 101 cases · 2001–2001
101
cases in this slice
26
fatal accidents
610
lives lost
90
with a probable cause
0
with coded findings
29
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
0 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 inNo coded findings in this slice — the NTSB’s coded taxonomy begins with 2008 cases.
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
- Boeing / McDonnell Douglas · 5 fatal46
- Airbus · 2 fatal11
- Cessna · 9 fatal9
- Bombardier / De Havilland · 1 fatal8
- Other · 2 fatal6
- Beechcraft · 2 fatal5
- Piper · 3 fatal3
- Saab1
- Bell · 1 fatal1
- Gulfstream · 1 fatal1
Operators with the most cases
- American Airlines · 156 lives7
- United Airlines · 109 lives6
- Comair4
- Delta Airlines3
- Northwest Airlines3
- Trans World Airlines3
- American Eagle Airlines2
- Continental Express2
- Emery Worldwide Airlines2
- Evergreen International Airlines2
- N/A2
- Air Transport International1
What changed because of them
29 recommendations · 1 opensafety recommendations issued from these cases, by the NTSB's status of the response- Closed · acceptable 22
- Closed · unacceptable 5
- Closed · superseded or reconsidered 1
- Open · acceptable response 1
Issued per year
Recommendations
Reiterated most often
- A-04-056reiterated ×1Closed - Acceptable Action
TO THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION: Modify 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 25 to include a certification standard that will ensure safe handling qualities in the yaw axis throughout the flight envelope, includin…
- A-04-057reiterated ×1Closed - Acceptable Action
TO THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION: After the yaw axis certification standard recommended in Safety Recommendation A-04-56 has been established, review the designs of existing airplanes to determine if they meet th…
- A-04-058reiterated ×1Closed - Acceptable Action
THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION: Review the options for modifying the Airbus A300-600 and the Airbus A310 to provide increased protection from potentially hazardous rudder pedal inputs at high airspeeds and, on the …
- A-02-001reiterated ×1Closed - Acceptable Action
TO THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION: Require the manufacturers and operators of transport-category airplanes to establish and implement pilot training programs that: (1) explain the structural certification requireme…
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 0 coded cases hereNo coded findings in this slice.
The cases
101 of 101newest first — open any case for its recorders, transcript, photographs and analyst| Date | Case | Aircraft | Operator | Where | Outcome | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-12-28 | CHI02IA058 Part 121 airline | Boeing 737-522 | United Airlines | Chicago, IL | No injury | no docket |
| 2001-12-28 | ANC02LA008 Part 121 airline | Boeing 747-128 | EVERGREEN INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES INC | Anchorage, AK | No injury | no docket |
| 2001-12-21 | NYC02LA042 Part 121 airline | Raytheon BE-1900D | CommutAir | Boston, MA | Serious injury | no docket |
| 2001-12-14 | ANC02IA007 Part 121 airline | Douglas DC-8-71F | Air Transport International | Anchorage, AK | No injury | no docket |
| 2001-12-13 | CHI02IA050 Part 121 airline | Boeing 737-322 | United Airlines | Chicago, IL | No injury | no docket |
| 2001-12-04 | DCA02WA012 Part 121 airline | Boeing 767-323 | AMERICAN AIRLINES | London | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2001-12-01 | MIA02FA037 Part 135 fatal | Cessna 208B | Bessemer, AL | Fatal · 2 | 66 docs | |
| 2001-11-30 | CHI02LA043 Part 121 airline | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 | Romulus, MI | Serious injury | no docket | |
| 2001-11-28 | DCA02WA011 Part 121 airline | Airbus Industrie A300-600 | AMERICAN AIRLINES INC | Lima | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2001-11-20 | MIA02LA023 Part 121 airline | Boeing 727-233 | Memphis, TN | No injury | no docket | |
| 2001-11-12 | DCA02MA001 Major investigation | Airbus Industrie A300B4-605R | Belle Harbor, NY | Fatal · 260 | 1 docs · recorder reports | |
| 2001-11-02 | FTW02IA027 Part 121 airline | Airbus Industrie A319-132 | America West Airlines Inc. | Midland, TX | No injury | no docket |
| 2001-11-02 | NYC02LA023 Part 121 airline | Beech 1900C | COLGAN AIR INC | Bar Harbor, ME | No injury | no docket |
| 2001-10-30 | IAD02LA007 Part 121 airline | Boeing 757-223 | AMERICAN AIRLINES INC | Dulles, VA | Serious injury | no docket |
| 2001-10-18 | SEA02FA008 Part 135 fatal | Bell 206L | Anchorage, AK | Fatal · 3 | no docket | |
| 2001-10-17 | NYC02LA013 Part 121 airline | Embraer 145LR | Mesa Airlines | Roanoke, VA | No injury | no docket |
| 2001-10-13 | NYC02LA008 Part 121 airline | Aerospatiale ATR 42-320 | Continental Express Inc. | Yardley, PA | No injury | no docket |
| 2001-10-10 | DCA02MA003 Major investigation | Cessna 208 | PENINSULA AIRWAYS INC | Dillingham, AK | Fatal · 10 | 81 docs |
| 2001-10-10 | LAX02IA002 Part 121 airline | Boeing 737-700 | Santa Ana, CA | No injury | no docket | |
| 2001-10-03 | FTW02FA003 Part 121 airline | Fokker F28 Mk 0100 | N/A | DFW Airport, TX | No injury | no docket |
| 2001-10-03 | SEA02FA002 Part 135 fatal | Cessna 172N | West Isle Air, Inc. | Decatur Island, WA | Fatal · 3 | no docket |
| 2001-09-26 | ANC01LA146 Part 121 airline | Douglas DC-6B | Nuiqsut, AK | Minor injury | no docket | |
| 2001-09-24 | CHI01LA331 Part 121 airline | Boeing 757-222 | Indianapolis, IN | Serious injury | no docket | |
| 2001-09-24 | DEN01FA161 Part 135 fatal | Piper PA-31-350 | KEY LIME AIR | PAGOSA SPRINGS, CO | Fatal · 2 | 20 docs |
| 2001-09-24 | DCA01WA061 Part 121 airline | Douglas DC-8 | DHL AIRWAYS INC | Mexico City | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2001-09-11 | DCA01MA063 Major investigation | Boeing 767-200ER | United Airlines | New York City, NY | Fatal · 65 | no docket |
| 2001-09-11 | DCA01MA060 Major investigation | Boeing 767-200ER | American Airlines | New York City, NY | Fatal · 92 | no docket |
| 2001-09-11 | DCA01MA065 Major investigation | Boeing 757 | United Airlines | Shanksville, PA | Fatal · 44 | 1 docs |
| 2001-09-11 | DCA01MA064 Major investigation | Boeing 757-200 | American Airlines | Arlington, VA | Fatal · 64 | no docket |
| 2001-09-07 | ATL01WA106 Part 121 airline | Boeing B767-332 | Delta Airlines | Buenos Aires | Serious injury | no docket · open |
| 2001-08-31 | SEA01MA163 Major investigation | Kawasaki KV-107-II | Columbia Helicopters, Inc. | Emigrant, MT | Fatal · 3 | 45 docs |
| 2001-08-30 | IAD01LA102 Part 121 airline | Embraer ERJ-135ER | Richmond, VA | Serious injury | no docket | |
| 2001-08-28 | SEA01IA161 Part 121 airline | de Havilland DHC-8-102 | HORIZON AIR INC | Portland, OR | No injury | no docket |
| 2001-08-25 | CHI01FA292 Part 121 airline | Boeing 737-3G7 | Kansas City, MO | Minor injury | no docket | |
| 2001-08-25 | MIA01RA225 Part 135 fatal | Cessna 402B | BLACKHAWK INTL AIRWAYS | Marsh Harbour | Fatal · 9 | no docket · open |
| 2001-08-24 | NYC01FA214 Part 135 fatal | Learjet 25 | Ithaca, NY | Fatal · 2 | no docket | |
| 2001-08-20 | MIA01LA224 Part 121 airline | Airbus Industrie A320-232 | America West Inc. | Needles, CA | Serious injury | no docket |
| 2001-08-16 | FTW01IA183 Part 121 airline | Boeing 737-347 | Delta Air Lines Inc | DFW Airport, TX | No injury | no docket |
| 2001-08-10 | CHI01FA270 Part 121 airline | Boeing 717-200 | TRANS WORLD AIRLINES | Mascoutah, IL | No injury | no docket |
| 2001-08-10 | LAX01MA272 Major investigation | Eurocopter AS350-B2 | Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters | Meadview, AZ | Fatal · 6 | 212 docs |
| 2001-08-09 | LAX01LA275 Part 121 airline | Boeing 737-500 | Klamath Falls, OR | Serious injury | no docket | |
| 2001-08-05 | DCA01MA056 Major investigation | de Havilland Dash 8-100 | Name | Washington, DC | Fatal | 11 docs |
| 2001-07-30 | ANC01FA093 Part 135 fatal | Piper PA-32-300 | Haines, AK | Fatal · 6 | no docket | |
| 2001-07-27 | ANC01WA091 Part 135 fatal | Cessna 185 | GULF AIR TAXI INC | Yakutat, AK | Fatal · 1 | no docket · open |
| 2001-07-25 | CHI01LA245 Part 121 airline | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51 | Northwest Airlines | Detroit, MI | Serious injury | no docket |
| 2001-07-18 | CHI01FA218 Part 135 fatal | Cessna 310R | HEARTLAND AVIATION INC | Oak Creek, WI | Fatal · 1 | no docket |
| 2001-07-13 | ATL01IA083 Part 121 airline | Boeing B-727-100 | MEMPHIS, TN | No injury | no docket | |
| 2001-07-12 | CHI01IA211 Part 121 airline | McDonnell Douglas MD-83 | Trans World Airlines, LLC | Whiteman AFB, MO | No injury | no docket |
| 2001-07-12 | LAX01LA307 Part 121 airline | Boeing 757-232 | San Francisco, CA | Serious injury | no docket | |
| 2001-07-08 | DCA01WA050 Part 121 airline | Boeing 777 | UNITED AIRLINES | Frankfurt | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2001-07-02 | ANC01LA081 Part 121 airline | Lockheed L-382G | Lake Minchumina, AK | No injury | no docket | |
| 2001-06-16 | LAX01LA240 Part 121 airline | Airbus Industrie A320-232 | San Diego, CA | Serious injury | no docket | |
| 2001-06-12 | CHI01MA163 Major investigation | Learjet 25D | Avcon Industries, Inc. | Salina, KS | Serious injury | no docket |
| 2001-06-05 | ATL01IA064 Part 121 airline | Boeing 757 | Delta Airlines Inc. | Atlanta, GA | No injury | no docket |
| 2001-06-05 | DCA01WA045 Part 121 airline | Boeing B-747-400 | NORTHWEST AIRLINES INC | Tokyo | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2001-06-05 | CHI01LA154 Part 121 airline | Boeing B757-200 | UNITED AIRLINES, INC | Kokomo, IN | Serious injury | no docket |
| 2001-05-28 | MIA01LA146 Part 121 airline | Boeing 737-301 | US Airways Inc | Toccoa, GA | Serious injury | no docket |
| 2001-05-25 | NYC01IA134 Part 121 airline | Boeing 727-233 | Federal Express Corp. | Harrisburg, PA | No injury | no docket |
| 2001-05-23 | FTW01FA127 Part 121 airline | Fokker F28 Mk 0100 | N/A | DFW Airport, TX | No injury | no docket |
| 2001-05-22 | MIA01IA144 Part 121 airline | Grumman G-73 | Flying Boat Inc | Fort Lauderdale, FL | No injury | no docket |
| 2001-05-05 | DEN01FA094 Part 135 fatal | Cessna 208B | Corporate Air, Inc. | STEAMBOAT SPNGS, CO | Fatal · 1 | 35 docs |
| 2001-05-01 | CHI01FA129 Part 121 airline | Douglas DC-9-31 | Minneapolis, MN | Minor injury | no docket | |
| 2001-04-26 | MIA01LA131 Part 121 airline | Aerospatiale ATR 42-300 | AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES | Atlantic Ocean, AO | Serious injury | no docket |
| 2001-04-26 | MIA01IA129 Part 121 airline | McDonnell Douglas DC-8-71F | Emery Worldwide Airlines, Inc. | Nashville, TN | No injury | no docket |
| 2001-04-26 | FTW01FA104 Part 135 fatal | Cessna 402B | Del Rio, TX | Fatal · 1 | no docket | |
| 2001-04-25 | NYC01IA107 Part 121 airline | Embraer EMB-145 | CONTINENTAL EXPRESS INC | Norfolk, VA | No injury | no docket |
| 2001-04-19 | LAX01LA136 Part 121 airline | Airbus Industrie A320-232 | Las Vegas, NV | Serious injury | no docket | |
| 2001-04-17 | ATL01LA049 Part 121 airline | Boeing 737-200 | U.S. Airways | Jacksonville, FL | Serious injury | no docket |
| 2001-04-10 | NYC01LA096 Part 121 airline | Dornier 328-100 | Springfield, VA | Serious injury | no docket | |
| 2001-04-09 | NYC01LA094 Part 121 airline | Boeing 767-200ER | AMERICAN AIRLINES INC | Boston, MA | No injury | no docket |
| 2001-03-30 | MIA01FA107 Part 135 fatal | Piper PA-32RT-300 | Concord, NC | Fatal · 1 | no docket | |
| 2001-03-30 | DCA01MA034 Major investigation | Grumman Gulfstream III | AVJET CORP | Aspen, CO | Fatal · 18 | 105 docs · recorder reports |
| 2001-03-27 | DCA01WA032 Part 121 airline | Boeing 767-300ER | AMERICAN AIRLINES COMMERCIAL FLIGHT OPERATIONS | Paris | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2001-03-23 | ATL01LA041 Part 121 airline | Boeing 727-200 | Northwest Airlines | Memphis, TN | Serious injury | no docket |
| 2001-03-20 | FTW01LA081 Part 135 fatal | Sikorsky SK-76A | EC 270 | Fatal | no docket | |
| 2001-03-19 | DCA01MA031 Major investigation | Embraer EMB-120 | COMAIR INC | West Palm Beach, FL | No injury | 48 docs · recorder reports |
| 2001-03-17 | CHI01FA104 Part 121 airline | Airbus Industrie A320-200 | Detroit, MI | Minor injury | 49 docs · recorder reports | |
| 2001-03-15 | LAX01IA118 Part 121 airline | McDonnell Douglas MD-88 | Tucson, AZ | No injury | no docket | |
| 2001-03-12 | DCA01WA028 Part 121 airline | Boeing 727-223B | EXPRESS ONE INTERNATIONAL INC | Pohnpei Island | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2001-03-06 | CHI01IA102 Part 121 airline | Fokker F28 MK 0100 | Montreal | No injury | no docket | |
| 2001-03-06 | IAD01IA034 Part 121 airline | McDonnell Douglas DC-10 | Boston, MA | No injury | no docket | |
| 2001-03-06 | SEA01FA059 Part 121 airline | de Havilland DHC-8-102 | Horizon Air Industries, Inc. | Portland, OR | No injury | no docket |
| 2001-03-05 | LAX01IA109 Part 121 airline | Boeing 737-3H4 | Phoenix, AZ | No injury | no docket | |
| 2001-03-05 | DCA01WA027 Part 121 airline | Lockheed L1011 | AMERICAN TRANS AIR INC | Honolulu, HI | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2001-02-26 | LAX01LA105 Part 121 airline | Embraer EMB-120 | SKYWEST AIRLINES, INC. | MONTEREY, CA | Serious injury | no docket |
| 2001-02-19 | CHI01IA124 Part 121 airline | Boeing 717-231 | TRANS WORLD AIRLINES INC | Milwaukee, WI | No injury | no docket |
| 2001-02-10 | CHI01FA084 Part 121 airline | Beech 1900D | United Express | Chicago, IL | Minor injury | no docket |
| 2001-02-09 | CHI01FA083 Part 135 fatal | Swearingen SA227-AT | Beaver Island, MI | Fatal · 2 | 40 docs | |
| 2001-02-07 | CHI01FA080 Part 135 fatal | Beech 58 | Ainsworth, NE | Fatal · 1 | no docket | |
| 2001-02-06 | NYC01LA077 Part 121 airline | Fokker F28 MK 0100 | American Airlines | Boston, MA | No injury | no docket |
| 2001-02-03 | NYC01LA075 Part 121 airline | Boeing B-737-832 | Delta Airlines | Boston, MA | No injury | no docket |
| 2001-01-27 | DCA01MA017 Major investigation | Beech 200 | Strasburg, CO | Fatal · 10 | no docket | |
| 2001-01-25 | CHI01IA073 Part 121 airline | Canadair CL-600-2B19 | Comair | Grand Rapids, MI | No injury | no docket |
| 2001-01-24 | ANC01FA033 Part 135 fatal | Douglas DC-3 | Galaxy Air Cargo Inc. | Unalaska, AK | Fatal · 2 | 29 docs |
| 2001-01-21 | NYC01IA068 Part 121 airline | Airbus Industrie A320-232 | Jamaica, NY | No injury | no docket | |
| 2001-01-16 | SEA01IA039 Part 121 airline | McDonnell Douglas DC-8-71F | Emery Worldwide Airlines | Seattle, WA | No injury | no docket |
| 2001-01-12 | ATL01FA019 Part 135 fatal | Cessna 206H | VANDIVER, AL | Fatal · 1 | no docket | |
| 2001-01-10 | FTW01IA051 Part 121 airline | Saab 340B | American Eagle Airlines, Inc. | San Antonio, TX | No injury | no docket |
| 2001-01-08 | CHI01LA066 Part 121 airline | Bombardier CL-600-2B19 | COMAIR INC | Detroit, MI | Minor injury | no docket |
| 2001-01-06 | LAX01IA073 Part 121 airline | Boeing 747-200F | Evergreen International Airlines, Inc. | Honolulu, HI | No injury | no docket |
| 2001-01-03 | NYC01IA072 Part 121 airline | Bombardier CL-600-2B19 | COMAIR INC | Covington, KY | No injury | no docket |