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 80 cases · 2004–2004
80
cases in this slice
29
fatal accidents
93
lives lost
74
with a probable cause
0
with coded findings
45
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
- Bombardier / De Havilland · 6 fatal12
- Bell · 8 fatal8
- Other · 5 fatal7
- Beechcraft · 3 fatal7
- Saab4
- Piper · 3 fatal3
- Cessna · 2 fatal2
- Gulfstream · 1 fatal1
- ATR1
Operators with the most cases
- Mesa Airlines3
- United Airlines3
- American Airlines2
- Federal Express2
- Southwest Airlines2
- 3901
- Aero Charter And Transport (Char-Trans) · 1 lives1
- Air Cargo Carriers1
- Air Castle · 3 lives1
- Air Evac Ems · 1 lives1
- Air Flamenco · 1 lives1
- Air Midwest Airlines1
What changed because of them
45 recommendations · 0 opensafety recommendations issued from these cases, by the NTSB's status of the response- Closed · acceptable 36
- Closed · unacceptable 8
- Closed · superseded or reconsidered 1
Issued per year
Recommendations
Reiterated most often
- A-06-010reiterated ×1Closed - Acceptable Alternate Action
TO THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION: Modify and simplify the flight crew hours-of-service regulations to take into consideration factors such as length of duty day, starting time, workload, and other factors shown by …
- A-06-023reiterated ×1Closed - Acceptable Action
TO THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION: Require all operators of aircraft equipped with a cockpit voice recorder (CVR) to (1) test the functionality of the CVR before the first flight of each day as part of an approved …
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
80 of 80newest first — open any case for its recorders, transcript, photographs and analyst| Date | Case | Aircraft | Operator | Where | Outcome | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-12-29 | DFW05LA047 Part 121 airline | Bombardier CL-600-2C10 | Mesa Airlines, Inc. | Austin, TX | Serious injury | no docket |
| 2004-12-29 | ANC05IA020 Part 121 airline | Boeing 747-123 | Polar Air Cargo | Anchorage, AK | No injury | no docket |
| 2004-12-20 | NYC05LA038 Part 121 airline | McDonnell Douglas MD-82 | Providence, RI | No injury | no docket | |
| 2004-12-17 | DCA05WA019 Part 121 airline | Short Brothers SD3-60 | AIR CARGO CARRIERS INC | Ontario | Serious injury | no docket · open |
| 2004-12-17 | DFW05FA040 Part 135 fatal | Bell 407 | Ship Shoal 130E | Fatal · 1 | 3 docs | |
| 2004-12-12 | DCA05WA020 Part 121 airline | Boeing 747 | ATLAS AIR INC | London | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2004-12-11 | DEN05FA034 Part 135 fatal | Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 | Englewood, CO | Fatal · 2 | 52 docs | |
| 2004-12-08 | LAX05FA045 Part 135 fatal | Cessna T310R | Aero Charter and Transport (Char-Trans) | Flagstaff, AZ | Fatal · 1 | no docket |
| 2004-12-07 | NYC05FA028 Part 135 fatal | Piper PA-31-350 | Vandalia, OH | Fatal · 1 | no docket | |
| 2004-12-06 | SEA05FA025 Part 135 fatal | Cessna 208B | Mountain Bird Inc. | Bellevue, ID | Fatal · 2 | 30 docs |
| 2004-11-28 | DEN05MA029 Major investigation | Canadair CL-600-2A12 | Air Castle Corporation | Montrose, CO | Fatal · 3 | 79 docs · recorder reports |
| 2004-11-27 | IAD05FA023 Part 135 fatal | CASA 212-200-CC | Bamiyan | Fatal · 6 | 35 docs · recorder reports | |
| 2004-11-22 | DCA05MA011 Major investigation | Gulfstream Aerospace G-III | The Jet Place, Inc. | Houston, TX | Fatal · 3 | no docket |
| 2004-11-21 | DEN05IA027 Part 121 airline | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 | American Airlines, Incorporated | Denver, CO | No injury | no docket |
| 2004-11-14 | CHI05LA028 Part 121 airline | Saab-Scania AB (Saab) 340B | Chicago Express Airlines Inc | Milwaukee, WI | Serious injury | no docket |
| 2004-10-27 | NYC05LA013 Part 121 airline | Bombardier CL-600-2B19 | MESA AIRLINES INC | Philadelphia, PA | Minor injury | no docket |
| 2004-10-25 | DFW05LA010 Part 121 airline | Saab-Scania AB (Saab) SF-340B | American Eagle Airlines, Inc. | Fort Worth, TX | Serious injury | 3 docs |
| 2004-10-24 | IAD05MA006 Major investigation | Beech 200 | Stuart, VA | Fatal · 10 | 26 docs | |
| 2004-10-21 | CHI05MA011 Major investigation | Boeing 747-132 | Lake Michigan | No injury | no docket | |
| 2004-10-20 | DCA05MA004 Major investigation | British Aerospace Jetstream 32 | CORPORATE AIRLINES | Kirksville, MO | Fatal · 13 | 55 docs · FDR tables |
| 2004-10-14 | DCA05MA003 Major investigation | Canadair CL-600 | PINNACLE AIR INC | Jefferson City, MO | Fatal · 2 | 1 docs · recorder reports |
| 2004-09-29 | MIA04LA133 Part 135 fatal | Britten-Norman BN-2A-27 | Air Flamenco | Vega Baja, PR | Fatal · 1 | 5 docs |
| 2004-09-29 | MIA04LA134 Part 121 airline | Boeing 767-232 | Caribbean Sea | Serious injury | no docket | |
| 2004-09-20 | ANC04FAMS2 Part 135 fatal | de Havilland DHC-2 | Harris Aircraft Services Inc. | Sitka, AK | Fatal · 5 | 7 docs |
| 2004-09-19 | DCA04MA082 Major investigation | Boeing MD-11 | Memphis, TN | No injury | no docket | |
| 2004-09-16 | CHI04IA260 Part 121 airline | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 | Chicago, IL | No injury | no docket | |
| 2004-09-14 | LAX04LA318 Part 121 airline | Boeing 737-3H4 | Southwest Airlines | Los Angeles, CA | Serious injury | no docket |
| 2004-09-09 | FTW04FA235 Part 135 fatal | Piper PA-32R-300 | Rachel, TX | Fatal · 1 | no docket | |
| 2004-08-31 | FTW04LA225 Part 121 airline | Boeing 727-2M7 | CUSTOM AIR TRANSPORT INC | El Paso, TX | No injury | no docket |
| 2004-08-29 | IAD04LA050 Part 121 airline | Embraer EMB-135KL | Clyde, NY | Serious injury | no docket | |
| 2004-08-27 | SEA04IA175 Part 121 airline | Boeing 757-200 | United Airlines | Richmond, BC | No injury | no docket |
| 2004-08-22 | SEA04MA167 Major investigation | Bell 407 | Jeflyn Aviation, Inc | Battle Mountain, NV | Fatal · 5 | 32 docs |
| 2004-08-19 | LAX04IA302 Part 121 airline | Boeing 737-7H4 | Los Angeles, CA | No injury | no docket | |
| 2004-08-18 | SEA04FA166 Part 135 fatal | BEECH BE-99 | Neihart, MT | Fatal · 2 | 23 docs | |
| 2004-08-13 | DCA04MA068 Major investigation | Convair Div. of Gen. Dynamics CV-340 (580) | AIR TAHOMA INC | Florence, KY | Fatal · 1 | 52 docs · FDR tables |
| 2004-08-07 | DEN04IA124 Part 121 airline | Boeing 737-500 | Denver, CO | No injury | no docket | |
| 2004-07-29 | ENG04RA024 Part 121 airline | Boeing 747-200F | Northwest Airlines | Osaka | — | no docket · open |
| 2004-07-25 | DCA04MA061 Major investigation | Boeing 777 | AMERICAN AIRLINES INC | Miami, FL | Serious injury | no docket |
| 2004-07-21 | NYC04LA174 Part 121 airline | Bombardier CL-600 | COMAIR | Snow Hill, VA | Serious injury | 5 docs |
| 2004-07-17 | NYC04LA168 Part 121 airline | Airbus Industrie A319 | Flat Rock, VA | Serious injury | no docket | |
| 2004-07-16 | CHI04LA196 Part 121 airline | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 | Sheridan, IL | Serious injury | no docket | |
| 2004-07-13 | CHI04MA182 Major investigation | Bell 407 | Med-Trans Corp. | Newberry, SC | Fatal · 4 | 56 docs |
| 2004-07-13 | ATL04IA156 Part 121 airline | Airbus Industrie A320-233 | Ryan International Airlines, Inc. | Atlanta, GA | No injury | no docket |
| 2004-07-06 | CHI04IA178 Part 121 airline | Beech 1900D | Milwaukee, WI | No injury | no docket | |
| 2004-07-02 | NYC04RA153 Part 135 fatal | Israel Aircraft Industries 1124 | Air Trek, Inc. | Tocumen | Fatal · 6 | no docket · open |
| 2004-06-30 | NYC04IA152 Part 121 airline | Airbus Industrie A319-114 | Manchester, NH | No injury | no docket | |
| 2004-06-24 | FTW04FA168 Part 135 fatal | Bell 206-L1 | American Helicopters, Inc. | Vermillion Bay, LA | Fatal · 3 | 6 docs |
| 2004-06-14 | ANC04FA063 Part 135 fatal | BEECH C-45H | BELLAIR INC | Kodiak, AK | Fatal · 1 | no docket |
| 2004-06-11 | FTW04IA160 Part 121 airline | Embraer EMB-135LR | Dallas, TX | Minor injury | no docket | |
| 2004-06-04 | CHI04LA148 Part 121 airline | Boeing 737-7H4 | Liberal, KS | Serious injury | no docket | |
| 2004-05-31 | ANC04IA058 Part 121 airline | Boeing 757-251 | Anchorage, AK | Minor injury | no docket | |
| 2004-05-27 | DCA04MA049 Major investigation | Raytheon Corporate Jets 390 Premier I | 390 LLC | North Las Vegas, NV | No injury | no docket |
| 2004-05-26 | CHI04LA127 Part 121 airline | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 (MD-82) | American Airlines | Near St. Louis, MO | Serious injury | no docket |
| 2004-05-14 | IAD04FA021 Part 135 fatal | Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 | Ferndale, MD | Fatal · 1 | 14 docs | |
| 2004-05-11 | FTW04IA147 Part 135 fatal | Bell 206L-1 | SMI-28 | Fatal · 1 | no docket | |
| 2004-05-09 | DCA04MA045 Major investigation | ATR 72 | Executive Airlines | San Juan, PR | Serious injury | no docket |
| 2004-05-03 | NYC04IA116 Part 121 airline | Dornier DO-328-100 | PSA AIRLINES INC | Allentown, PA | No injury | no docket |
| 2004-05-01 | ANC04FA049 Part 135 fatal | Bell 206L-3 | Deadhorse, AK | Fatal · 1 | no docket | |
| 2004-04-28 | DCA04WA043 Part 121 airline | Boeing DC-10-30 | CHALLENGE AIR CARGO INC | Bogota | Minor injury | no docket · open |
| 2004-04-27 | DCA04WA041 Part 121 airline | Fokker F27-500 | FEDERAL EXPRESS CORP | Melo | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2004-04-21 | CHI04FA107 Part 135 fatal | Bell 206L-1 | AIR EVAC EMS INC | Boonville, IN | Fatal · 1 | 44 docs |
| 2004-04-17 | DEN04IA063 Part 121 airline | Canadair CL-600-2B19 | Mesa Airlines, Inc. | Colorado Spring, CO | No injury | no docket |
| 2004-04-14 | NYC04LA107 Part 121 airline | Boeing 737-700 | Beach Haven, NJ | Serious injury | no docket | |
| 2004-04-11 | DEN04IA060 Part 121 airline | Canadair CL-600-2C10 | Horizon Air | Denver, CO | No injury | no docket |
| 2004-04-10 | CHI04LA126 Part 121 airline | Boeing 737-300 | St. Louis, MO | Serious injury | no docket | |
| 2004-04-01 | NYC04LA099 Part 121 airline | Beech 1900D | US Airways Express | Windsor Locks, CT | No injury | no docket |
| 2004-03-25 | NYC04FA093 Part 135 fatal | Mitsubishi MU-2B-36 | Pittsfield, MA | Fatal · 1 | no docket | |
| 2004-03-23 | DCA04MA030 Major investigation | Sikorsky S76A++ | ERA Aviation, Inc. | Gulf of Mexico | Fatal · 10 | 1 docs · recorder reports |
| 2004-03-21 | FTW04FA097 Part 135 fatal | Bell 407 | CareStar | Pyote, TX | Fatal · 4 | 39 docs |
| 2004-03-15 | CHI04LA086 Part 121 airline | Beech 1900D | Air Midwest Airlines Inc. | Manhattan, KS | No injury | no docket |
| 2004-03-11 | MIA04IA056 Part 121 airline | Airbus Industrie A300F4-605R | FEDERAL EXPRESS CORP | Fort Lauderdale, FL | No injury | no docket |
| 2004-03-06 | DEN04IA050 Part 121 airline | Airbus Industrie A320-232 | United Airlines | Denver, CO | No injury | no docket |
| 2004-03-05 | ATL04IA085 Part 121 airline | Boeing 717-200 | AIRTRAN AIRWAYS INC | Atlanta, GA | No injury | no docket |
| 2004-03-01 | CHI04LA084 Part 121 airline | Boeing 757-200 | United Airlines | Janesville, WI | Serious injury | no docket |
| 2004-02-25 | CHI04LA077 Part 121 airline | Saab-Scania AB (Saab) Saab 340B | MESABA AVIATION INC | Romulus, MI | No injury | no docket |
| 2004-02-24 | SEA04IA045 Part 121 airline | Boeing 737-300 | Southwest Airlines | Seattle, WA | No injury | no docket |
| 2004-02-01 | NYC04LA063 Part 121 airline | Saab-Scania AB (Saab) 340A | Shuttle America | Pittsburgh, PA | No injury | no docket |
| 2004-01-21 | LAX04FA102 Part 135 fatal | Piper PA-32R-300 | Big Pine, CA | Fatal · 1 | no docket | |
| 2004-01-19 | DCA04IA018 Part 121 airline | Embraer 135 | SIMMONS AIRLINES INC | Bangor, MA | No injury | no docket |
| 2004-01-18 | CHI04IA056 Part 121 airline | Bombardier CL-600-2B19 | SKYWEST AIRLINES INC | Rapid City, SD | No injury | no docket |