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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 73 cases · 2006–2006
73
cases in this slice
18
fatal accidents
78
lives lost
64
with a probable cause
0
with coded findings
55
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 · 4 fatal7
- Airbus · 1 fatal6
- Embraer · 1 fatal5
- Cessna · 4 fatal4
- Piper · 3 fatal3
- Other · 1 fatal2
- Bell · 2 fatal2
- Saab2
- Cirrus · 1 fatal1
- Beechcraft · 1 fatal1
Operators with the most cases
- Continental Airlines5
- United Airlines5
- Federal Express3
- American Airlines2
- Us Airways2
- Airpac Airlines · 1 lives1
- Alaska Air Group1
- Alaska Airlines1
- American Eagle Airlines1
- Arrow Air1
- Atlas Air1
- Berg Steel Pipe · 1 lives1
What changed because of them
55 recommendations · 0 opensafety recommendations issued from these cases, by the NTSB's status of the response- Closed · acceptable 46
- Closed · unacceptable 6
- Closed · superseded or reconsidered 3
Issued per year
Recommendations
Reiterated most often
- A-07-100reiterated ×1Closed - Acceptable Action
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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
73 of 73newest first — open any case for its recorders, transcript, photographs and analyst| Date | Case | Aircraft | Operator | Where | Outcome | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-12-27 | LAX07LA064 Part 121 airline | Boeing 737-7H4 | San Diego, CA | No injury | no docket | |
| 2006-12-24 | ANC07LA008 Part 121 airline | Boeing 747-228F | Southern Air | Anchorage, AK | No injury | no docket |
| 2006-12-16 | DEN07IA037 Part 121 airline | Boeing 737-824 | Continental Airlines, Inc. | Colorado Spring, CO | Minor injury | no docket |
| 2006-12-14 | NYC07FA048 Part 135 fatal | Bell 407 | HELOAIR INC | Dagsboro, DE | Fatal · 2 | 13 docs |
| 2006-12-14 | ANC07FA007 Part 135 fatal | Piper PA-32-301 | Port Heiden, AK | Fatal · 2 | no docket | |
| 2006-11-11 | ATL07LA016 Part 121 airline | Boeing 717-200 | Memphis, TN | No injury | no docket | |
| 2006-11-08 | CHI07LA021 Part 121 airline | Boeing 717-200 | Midwest Airlines, Inc. | Milwaukee, WI | No injury | no docket |
| 2006-11-07 | DCA07WA009 Part 121 airline | McDonnell Douglas MD-11 | FEDERAL EXPRESS CORP | Paris | — | no docket · open |
| 2006-11-07 | CHI07FA020 Part 121 airline | Airbus A-320-200 | UNITED AIRLINES INC | Chicago, IL | No injury | no docket |
| 2006-10-30 | DCA07IA008 Part 121 airline | Boeing 737-200 | Seattle, WA | No injury | no docket | |
| 2006-10-28 | NYC07IA015 Part 121 airline | Boeing 757-224 | CONTINENTAL AIRLINES INC | Newark, NJ | No injury | no docket |
| 2006-10-23 | DEN07IA027 Part 121 airline | Airbus Industrie A319-111 | FRONTIER AIRLINES INC | Denver, CO | No injury | no docket |
| 2006-10-19 | LAX07IA014 Part 121 airline | Boeing 737-790 | Los Angeles, CA | No injury | no docket | |
| 2006-10-12 | DEN07FA008 Part 121 airline | McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30 | Denver, CO | No injury | no docket | |
| 2006-10-11 | DCA07MA003 Major investigation | Cirrus Design Corp. SR-20 | Manhattan, NYC, NY | Fatal · 2 | 24 docs | |
| 2006-09-22 | DCA06WA075 Part 121 airline | BOEING 777-200 | DELTA AIRLINES INC DFW BASE MAINTENANCE | Brindisi | — | no docket · open |
| 2006-09-17 | NYC06LA223 Part 121 airline | Boeing 737-700 | Hastings, NE | Serious injury | no docket | |
| 2006-09-14 | DCA06WA072 Part 121 airline | McDonnell Douglas MD-11 | FEDERAL EXPRESS CORP | Subic Bay | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2006-09-05 | DCA06FA068 Part 121 airline | Boeing B757-232 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | San Juan, PR | No injury | no docket |
| 2006-09-01 | DEN06MA119 Major investigation | Mitsubishi MU-2B-35 | Berg Steel Pipe Corp. | Argyle, FL | Fatal · 1 | no docket |
| 2006-08-31 | MIA06IA133 Part 121 airline | Boeing 737-400 | US Airways | Miami, FL | No injury | no docket |
| 2006-08-27 | DCA06MA064 Major investigation | Bombardier, Inc. CRJ-100 | COMAIR INC | Lexington, KY | Fatal · 49 | 88 docs · FDR tables |
| 2006-08-25 | NYC06MA208 Major investigation | Mitsubishi MU-2B-40 | Ward T. Walter | Bunnell, FL | Fatal · 2 | no docket |
| 2006-08-21 | LAX06IA301 Part 121 airline | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-83 | Alaska Airlines, Inc. | Long Beach, CA | No injury | no docket |
| 2006-08-21 | NYC06IA207 Part 121 airline | Boeing 737-524 | CONTINENTAL AIRLINES INC | Newark, NJ | No injury | no docket |
| 2006-08-04 | NYC06MA192 Major investigation | Embraer 110P1 | Business Air, Inc. | Pownal, VT | Fatal · 1 | 14 docs |
| 2006-07-28 | DCA06FA058 Part 121 airline | BOEING MD-10-10F | FEDERAL EXPRESS CORP | Memphis, TN | No injury | 35 docs · FDR tables |
| 2006-07-27 | NYC06FA184 Part 121 airline | Boeing 737-300 | US AIRWAYS INC | Pittsburgh, PA | Minor injury | no docket |
| 2006-07-24 | OPS06IA008 Part 121 airline | Boeing 737-322 | UNITED AIR LINES INC | Chicago, IL | No injury | no docket |
| 2006-07-24 | NYC06LA191 Part 121 airline | Embraer EMB-135LR | Newark, NJ | No injury | no docket | |
| 2006-07-24 | DCA06WA056 Part 121 airline | Boeing B767-200 | CONTINENTAL AIRLINES INC | Cancun | Minor injury | no docket · open |
| 2006-07-17 | ENG06WA022 Part 121 airline | Boeing 747-200F | ATLAS AIR INC | Amsterdam | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2006-07-11 | SEA06FA139 Part 135 fatal | Piper PA-31-350 | Airpac Airlines | Easton, WA | Fatal · 1 | no docket |
| 2006-07-07 | DEN06LA095 Part 121 airline | Airbus A319-131 | Masonville, CO | Serious injury | no docket | |
| 2006-06-20 | CHI06FA158 Part 121 airline | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-83 | Chicago, IL | No injury | 17 docs · FDR tables | |
| 2006-06-17 | NYC06LA151 Part 121 airline | Boeing 767-300 | Dulles, VA | No injury | no docket | |
| 2006-06-10 | DEN06IA083 Part 121 airline | McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30 | Denver, CO | No injury | no docket | |
| 2006-06-08 | CHI06LA161 Part 121 airline | Boeing 737-300 | New York, NY | No injury | no docket | |
| 2006-06-08 | SEA06FA115 Part 135 fatal | Cessna TU206G | Mullan, ID | Fatal · 2 | no docket | |
| 2006-06-07 | DCA06WA049 Part 121 airline | Boeing 747-200 | TRADEWINDS AIRLINES INC | Rio Negro | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2006-06-04 | DCA06RA042 Part 121 airline | McDonnell Douglas DC10-10F | ARROW AIR INC | Managua | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2006-06-02 | NYC06FA137 Part 135 fatal | Gates Learjet 35A | International Jet Charter, Inc. | Groton, CT | Fatal · 2 | no docket |
| 2006-05-31 | NYC06FA128 Part 121 airline | Embraer EMB-170 | United Express | Dulles, VA | Serious injury | no docket |
| 2006-05-30 | NYC06MA131 Major investigation | Eurocopter EC-135P1 | Washington, DC | Fatal · 1 | 14 docs | |
| 2006-05-18 | ANC06IA054 Part 121 airline | McDonnell Douglas MD-83 | ALASKA AIR GROUP | Fairbanks, AK | No injury | no docket |
| 2006-05-17 | SEA06IA105 Part 121 airline | Boeing 757-222 | Portland, OR | No injury | no docket | |
| 2006-05-13 | NYC06LA115 Part 121 airline | Embraer 145LR | Winchester, VA | Serious injury | no docket | |
| 2006-05-12 | NYC06LA114 Part 121 airline | Embraer EMB-145-LR | Chautauqua Airlines Inc. | Boston, MA | Minor injury | no docket |
| 2006-05-02 | DCA06WA036 Part 121 airline | Airbus A-300-B4 | EXPRESS AIR | Toronto | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2006-05-01 | LAX06LA154 Part 121 airline | Bombardier, Inc. CL-600-2D24 | Mesa Airlines, Inc. | Las Vegas, NV | No injury | no docket |
| 2006-04-25 | CHI06MA121 Major investigation | GENERAL ATOMICS PREDATOR B | Nogales, AZ | No injury | 32 docs | |
| 2006-04-25 | DFW06LA115 Part 121 airline | Boeing 777-233ER | American Airlines | DFW Int'l Apt, TX | Serious injury | no docket |
| 2006-04-19 | DCA06WA035 Part 121 airline | Boeing 777 | UNITED AIR LINES INC | Shanghai | Serious injury | no docket · open |
| 2006-04-19 | CHI06MA115 Major investigation | Cessna 210A | Ludville, GA | Fatal · 1 | 36 docs | |
| 2006-04-15 | NYC06LA099 Part 121 airline | Bombardier, Inc. CL600-2B19 | Front Royal, VA | Serious injury | no docket | |
| 2006-04-04 | DCA06FA033 Part 121 airline | MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC10 | FEDEX EXPRESS | Memphis, TN | No injury | no docket |
| 2006-03-23 | OPS06IA007 Part 121 airline | Boeing 737-300 | UNITED AIR LINES INC | Chicago, IL | No injury | no docket |
| 2006-03-21 | DEN06IA051 Part 121 airline | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 | AMERICAN AIRLINES INC | Denver, CO | No injury | no docket |
| 2006-03-19 | ATL06IA054 Part 121 airline | Bombardier, Inc. CL-600-2B19 | Pinnacle Airlines, Inc | Asheville, NC | No injury | no docket |
| 2006-03-18 | SEA06FA068 Part 135 fatal | Beech C99 | Butte, MT | Fatal · 2 | 42 docs | |
| 2006-03-15 | CHI06LA099 Part 121 airline | Boeing 757-222 | Omaha, NE | Serious injury | no docket | |
| 2006-03-14 | DFW06FA083 Part 135 fatal | Bell 206L-1 | Patterson, LA | Fatal · 2 | 17 docs | |
| 2006-03-14 | CHI06LA092 Part 121 airline | Saab-Scania AB (Saab) 340B | Mesaba Aviation Inc. | Alpena, MI | No injury | no docket |
| 2006-02-26 | NYC06LA074 Part 121 airline | Boeing 757-232 | Boston, MA | No injury | no docket | |
| 2006-02-23 | SEA06FA055 Part 135 fatal | Cessna 182P | WINGS OF WENATCHEE INC | Goldendale, WA | Fatal · 2 | no docket |
| 2006-02-08 | DCA06MA022 Major investigation | Douglas DC-8 | UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CO | Philadelphia, PA | Minor injury | 168 docs · FDR tables |
| 2006-02-08 | ATL06FA045 Part 135 fatal | Swearingen SA-226-TC | Paris, TN | Fatal · 1 | no docket | |
| 2006-01-28 | OPS06IA004 Part 121 airline | EADS Socata A320 | UNITED AIR LINES INC | Las Vegas, NV | No injury | no docket |
| 2006-01-24 | SEA06MA047 Major investigation | Cessna 560 | GOSHIP AIR LLC | Carlsbad, CA | Fatal · 4 | 25 docs · recorder reports |
| 2006-01-19 | DEN06IA034 Part 121 airline | Boeing B777-200B | Denver, CO | No injury | no docket | |
| 2006-01-16 | DFW06FA056 Part 121 airline | Boeing 737-524 | Continental Airlines | El Paso, TX | Fatal | 21 docs · FDR tables |
| 2006-01-07 | SEA06FA039 Part 135 fatal | Piper PA-34-200T | Burlington, WA | Fatal · 1 | no docket | |
| 2006-01-02 | LAX06IA076 Part 121 airline | Saab-Scania AB (Saab) SF340B+ | American Eagle Airlines, Inc. | Santa Maria, CA | No injury | no docket |