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 46 cases · 2022–2022
46
cases in this slice
6
fatal accidents
24
lives lost
33
with a probable cause
33
with coded findings
17
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
33 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 inPersonnel issues25 cases · 25 causal · 26 contributing
- Task performance — Use of equip/info, Maintenance12
- Action/decision — Info processing/decision, Action12
- Physical — Impairment/incapacitation, Sensory ability/limitation7
- Psychological — Attention/monitoring, Perception/orientation/illusion5
- Experience/knowledge — 5
- Miscellaneous — 1
Environmental issues17 cases · 16 causal · 18 contributing
- Conditions/weather/phenomena — Turbulence, Ceiling/visibility/precip13
- Physical environment — Object/animal/substance4
- Task environment — Pressures/demands1
Aircraft11 cases · 7 causal · 6 contributing
- Aircraft oper/perf/capability — Performance/control parameters, (general)6
- Aircraft systems — Flight control system, Landing gear system4
- Fluids/misc hardware — 1
Organizational issues4 cases · 7 causal · 4 contributing
- Support/oversight/monitoring — Safety programs, Oversight3
- Management — Policy/procedure3
- Development — 1
Solid = cited in the probable cause · outlined = contributing factor · hover a row for the most-cited specifics.
Occurrences coded
- Turbulence encounter · 12 defining12
- Flight control sys malf/fail · 3 defining4
- Runway excursion · 3 defining3
- Ground handling event · 1 defining2
- Birdstrike · 2 defining2
- Medical event · 2 defining2
- Loss of control in flight · 1 defining2
- Tailstrike · 2 defining2
- Abnormal runway contact · 2 defining2
- Wrong surface or wrong airport · 2 defining2
- Pressure/environ sys malf/fail · 2 defining2
- Part(s) separation from AC · 1 defining2
- Prop/jet/rotor blast/suction · 1 defining1
- Dynamic rollover · 1 defining1
- Altitude deviation · 1 defining1
Phase of flight of the defining event
- Enroute22
- Landing7
- Takeoff5
- Approach4
- InitialClimb4
- Standing3
- Maneuvering2
- Taxi1
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 · 1 fatal29
- Bell · 3 fatal3
- Bombardier / De Havilland · 1 fatal3
- Cessna · 1 fatal1
Operators with the most cases
- United Airlines11
- Delta Air Lines7
- Southwest Airlines5
- American Airlines2
- Hawaiian Airlines2
- Rotorcraft Leasing Company · 6 lives2
- Air France1
- Air Wisconsin Airlines1
- Commemorative Air Force · 6 lives1
- Envoy Air1
- Federal Express1
- Gem Air · 1 lives1
What changed because of them
17 recommendations · 10 opensafety recommendations issued from these cases, by the NTSB's status of the response- Closed · acceptable 6
- Closed · unacceptable 1
- Open · acceptable response 10
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 24 coded cases here- Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulence · Environmental issues · 33%8 cases
- Task performance › Use of equip/info · Personnel issues · 21%5 cases
- Action/decision › Info processing/decision · Personnel issues · 17%4 cases
- Physical › Impairment/incapacitation · Personnel issues · 12%3 cases
- Physical environment › Object/animal/substance · Environmental issues · 12%3 cases
- Psychological › Attention/monitoring · Personnel issues · 8%2 cases
- Action/decision › Action · Personnel issues · 8%2 cases
- Aircraft oper/perf/capability › Performance/control parameters · Aircraft · 8%2 cases
- Aircraft oper/perf/capability › (general) · Aircraft · 8%2 cases
- Aircraft systems › Flight control system · Aircraft · 8%2 cases
- Task performance › Maintenance · Personnel issues · 8%2 cases
- Task performance › (general) · Personnel issues · 4%1 cases
The cases
46 of 46newest first — open any case for its recorders, transcript, photographs and analyst| Date | Case | Aircraft | Operator | Where | Outcome | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-12-31 | DCA23LA109 Part 121 airline | EMBRAER S A ERJ 170-200 LR | Envoy Air Inc. | Montgomery, AL | Fatal | 18 docs · FDR tables |
| 2022-12-29 | CEN23FA071 Part 135 fatal | BELL 407 | Rotorcraft Leasing Company, LLC | Galliano, LA | Fatal · 4 | 31 docs |
| 2022-12-19 | DCA23LA172 Part 121 airline | BOEING 777 | UNITED AIRLINES INC | Kahului, HI | No injury | 6 docs |
| 2022-12-18 | DCA23WA097 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-824 | UNITED AIRLINES INC | Chiacam | Serious injury | no docket · open |
| 2022-12-18 | DCA23LA096 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A330-243 | HAWAIIAN AIRLINES INC | Kahului, HI | Serious injury | 15 docs · FDR tables |
| 2022-12-08 | DCA23LA093 Part 121 airline | BOEING 767-322 | UNITED AIRLINES INC | Newark, NJ | Serious injury | 5 docs |
| 2022-12-03 | DCA23LA090 Part 121 airline | EMBRAER ERJ170 | Mesa Airlines | Taneytown, MD | Serious injury | 4 docs |
| 2022-11-30 | DCA23LA086 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737 | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO | Denver, CO | Serious injury | 3 docs |
| 2022-11-20 | DCA23LA067 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A320 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | Red Oak, IA | No injury | 4 docs |
| 2022-11-12 | CEN23MA034 Major investigation | BOEING B17 | Commemorative Air Force | Dallas, TX | Fatal · 6 | 53 docs |
| 2022-11-10 | DCA23LA050 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-8 | American Airlines Inc | Miami, FL | Serious injury | 3 docs |
| 2022-11-03 | DCA23LA060 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A319 | SPIRIT AIRLINES INC | New Orleans, LA | Serious injury | no docket |
| 2022-11-02 | DCA23WA044 Part 121 airline | BOEING 757-232 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | LIberia | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2022-10-26 | CEN23FA019 Part 135 fatal | BELL 407 | Westwind Helicopters INC | Morgan City, LA | Fatal · 1 | 12 docs |
| 2022-10-05 | DCA23LA005 Part 121 airline | BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2B19 | AIR WISCONSIN AIRLINES LLC | Dayton, OH | No injury | 18 docs · FDR tables |
| 2022-09-29 | DCA23LA008 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737 | Southwest Airlines | Denver, CO | Serious injury | 2 docs |
| 2022-09-22 | DCA22LA212 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A330-243 | Hawaiian Airlines | Los Angeles, CA | No injury | 4 docs |
| 2022-09-11 | DCA22LA201 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-7H4 | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO | Chicago, IL | No injury | 4 docs |
| 2022-09-04 | DCA22LA198 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS 220 | Delta Air Lines | New York, NY | Serious injury | no docket |
| 2022-09-04 | DCA22MA193 Major investigation | DEHAVILLAND DHC-3 | West Isle Air | Freeland, WA | Fatal · 10 | 66 docs |
| 2022-09-02 | DCA23WA014 Part 121 airline | BOEING 777-222 | UNITED AIRLINES INC | Schiphol | — | no docket · open |
| 2022-09-01 | DCA22LA196 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-824 | UNITED AIRLINES INC | Denver, CO | Serious injury | 4 docs |
| 2022-08-29 | DCA22LA191 Part 121 airline | BOEING 717-200 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | Detroit, MI | Serious injury | 4 docs |
| 2022-08-19 | DCA22LA188 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-824 | United Airlines | Pharisburg, OH | Serious injury | 3 docs |
| 2022-08-07 | DCA22LA178 Part 121 airline | BOEING 757-251 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | Atlanta, GA | No injury | 7 docs · FDR tables |
| 2022-07-07 | DCA22LA179 Part 121 airline | BOEING 767-332 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | New York, NY | No injury | 3 docs |
| 2022-07-07 | DCA22WA147 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-924ER | UNITED AIRLINES INC | San Salvador | — | no docket · open |
| 2022-07-02 | DCA22LA151 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-700 | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO | Santa Ana, CA | Serious injury | 3 docs |
| 2022-06-21 | DCA22LA133 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-9 | UNITED AIRLINES INC | Pittsburgh, PA | No injury | 23 docs · FDR tables |
| 2022-06-08 | DCA22LA126 Part 121 airline | BOEING 757-236 | Federal Express Corporation | Tulsa, OK | No injury | 27 docs · FDR tables |
| 2022-05-25 | DCA22LA125 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS INDUSTRIE A320-232 | United Airlines | Springfield, MO | Serious injury | 8 docs |
| 2022-05-22 | DCA22LA134 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-700 | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO | Tacoma, WA | Serious injury | 2 docs |
| 2022-05-11 | DCA22LA182 Part 121 airline | MITSUBISHI CL-600-2B19 | SKYWEST AIRLINES INC | Houston, TX | No injury | 13 docs · FDR tables |
| 2022-05-10 | ENG22WA025 Part 121 airline | BOEING 767-322 | United Airlines | Lima, Peru | — | no docket · open |
| 2022-04-26 | ENG22WA024 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737 | Virgin Australia Airlines | Queensland | — | no docket · open |
| 2022-04-13 | WPR22FA151 Part 135 fatal | CESSNA 208B | Gem Air LLC | Heyburn, ID | Fatal · 1 | 44 docs |
| 2022-04-08 | ENG22WA018 Part 121 airline | BOEING 767-322 | United Airlines | Shannon, Irelan | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2022-04-05 | DCA22WA107 Part 121 airline | BOEING 777 | Air France | Paris | — | no docket · open |
| 2022-03-20 | DCA22WA114 Part 121 airline | BOEING 777-223 | AMERICAN AIRLINES INC | Barcelona | — | no docket · open |
| 2022-02-17 | DCA22WA224 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737 | GOL Airlines | Recife, OF | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2022-02-15 | ENG22WA011 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A319 | Mexico City | — | no docket · open | |
| 2022-02-08 | DCA22WA078 Part 121 airline | BOEING 767-332 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | Madrid | — | no docket · open |
| 2022-02-04 | ENG22FA009 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-8K2 | Sun Country Airlines, Inc. | Las Vegas, NV | No injury | 9 docs · FDR tables |
| 2022-02-03 | ENG22WA008 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737 | Brazzaville | — | no docket · open | |
| 2022-01-22 | DCA22LA069 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A320-232 | JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP | Hayden, CO | No injury | 7 docs · FDR tables |
| 2022-01-14 | CEN22FA100 Part 135 fatal | BELL 407 | Rotorcraft Leasing Company, LLC | Houma, LA | Fatal · 2 | 9 docs |