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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 63 cases · 2024–2024
63
cases in this slice
6
fatal accidents
16
lives lost
38
with a probable cause
37
with coded findings
23
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
37 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 inEnvironmental issues22 cases · 20 causal · 12 contributing
- Conditions/weather/phenomena — Turbulence, Ceiling/visibility/precip20
- Physical environment — (general), Object/animal/substance3
- Operating environment — 1
Personnel issues19 cases · 23 causal · 15 contributing
- Action/decision — Info processing/decision, Action13
- Task performance — Use of equip/info, Maintenance11
- Psychological — Perception/orientation/illusion3
- Experience/knowledge — Knowledge1
Aircraft11 cases · 12 causal · 4 contributing
- Aircraft structures — Fuselage, Empennage structure6
- Aircraft systems — Landing gear system, Flight control system4
- Aircraft power plant — Power plant, Engine (turbine/turboprop)2
- Aircraft oper/perf/capability — Performance/control parameters1
Organizational issues6 cases · 7 causal · 2 contributing
- Management — Policy/procedure3
- Support/oversight/monitoring — Safety programs, (general)3
Solid = cited in the probable cause · outlined = contributing factor · hover a row for the most-cited specifics.
Occurrences coded
- Turbulence encounter · 19 defining19
- Ground collision · 7 defining4
- Tailstrike · 3 defining3
- Part(s) separation from AC · 2 defining3
- Near midair/TCAS alert/loss of separation · 3 defining3
- Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) · 1 defining3
- Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail · 3 defining3
- Air traffic event · 3 defining3
- Aircraft structural failure · 2 defining2
- Unknown or undetermined · 2 defining2
- Wrong surface or wrong airport · 2 defining2
- Abrupt maneuver · 1 defining2
- VFR encounter with IMC · 2 defining2
- Uncontained engine failure · 2 defining2
Phase of flight of the defining event
- Enroute30
- Landing11
- Taxi10
- Takeoff6
- Approach4
- InitialClimb2
- Unknown1
- Standing1
- Maneuvering1
- Pushback/Tow1
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
- Airbus · 1 fatal10
- Bell · 3 fatal3
- Beechcraft · 1 fatal1
- Other1
- Bombardier / De Havilland · 1 fatal1
Operators with the most cases
- United Airlines12
- Delta Air Lines10
- Southwest Airlines9
- American Airlines6
- Alaska Airlines3
- Atlas Air3
- Ace Aviation Services · 2 lives1
- Air Evac Ems · 3 lives1
- Cargo Aircraft Management1
- Egli Air Haul · 1 lives1
- Envoy Air1
- Federal Express1
What changed because of them
23 recommendations · 23 opensafety recommendations issued from these cases, by the NTSB's status of the response- Open · awaiting response 23
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 32 coded cases here- Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulence · Environmental issues · 38%12 cases
- Action/decision › Info processing/decision · Personnel issues · 16%5 cases
- Task performance › Use of equip/info · Personnel issues · 12%4 cases
- Action/decision › Action · Personnel issues · 12%4 cases
- Aircraft structures › Fuselage · Aircraft · 6%2 cases
- Physical environment › Object/animal/substance · Environmental issues · 6%2 cases
- Conditions/weather/phenomena › Ceiling/visibility/precip · Environmental issues · 6%2 cases
- Psychological › Perception/orientation/illusion · Personnel issues · 6%2 cases
- Aircraft power plant › Power plant · Aircraft · 6%2 cases
- Support/oversight/monitoring › Safety programs · Organizational issues · 6%2 cases
- Task performance › Maintenance · Personnel issues · 6%2 cases
- Physical environment › (general) · Environmental issues · 3%1 cases
The cases
63 of 63newest first — open any case for its recorders, transcript, photographs and analyst| Date | Case | Aircraft | Operator | Where | Outcome | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-29 | DCA25LA091 Part 121 airline | BOEING 767-322 | UNITED AIRLINES INC | Gulf of America , GM | Serious injury | 4 docs |
| 2024-12-26 | DCA25FA071 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737 | ALASKA AIRLINES INC | Henderson, NV | Serious injury | no docket · open |
| 2024-12-19 | DCA25WA089 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-832 | Delta Air lines | Belize City | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2024-12-18 | DCA25LA061 Part 121 airline | LOCKHEED 382G-44K-30 | LYNDEN AIR CARGO LLC | St. Mary's, AK | No injury | 7 docs |
| 2024-12-03 | DCA25LA055 Part 121 airline | BOEING 787-9 | UNITED AIRLINES INC | Pacific Ocean, OF | Serious injury | 6 docs · FDR tables |
| 2024-11-24 | DCA25LA047 Part 121 airline | BOEING 777-223 | AMERICAN AIRLINES INC | Brasilia, OF | Serious injury | 2 docs |
| 2024-11-20 | DCA25LA045 Part 121 airline | EMBRAER S A ERJ 170-200 LR | Mesa Airlines | Warnock, OH | Serious injury | no docket · open |
| 2024-11-18 | DCA25LA041 Part 121 airline | BOEING 757-231 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | Cooper Hill, MO | Serious injury | no docket |
| 2024-11-15 | DCA25LA044 Part 121 airline | BOEING 787-9 | AMERICAN AIRLINES INC | Tokyo, OF | Serious injury | no docket |
| 2024-11-08 | ENG25WA005 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737 | Quantas | Sydney, Australia | — | no docket · open |
| 2024-11-03 | DCA25LA023 Part 121 airline | BOEING 767-322 | UNITED AIRLINES INC | Kingston, CB | Serious injury | 3 docs |
| 2024-10-30 | OPS25LA008 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-832 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | Miami, FL | — | no docket · open |
| 2024-10-29 | DCA25LA015 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A300 F4-622R | United Parcel Service Co | Louisville, KY | No injury | 4 docs · FDR tables |
| 2024-10-24 | DCA25LA025 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-9 | United Airlines | Houston, TX | No injury | 4 docs |
| 2024-10-19 | OPS25LA005 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-7H4 | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO | Long Beach, CA | — | no docket · open |
| 2024-10-08 | CEN25FA006 Part 135 fatal | BEECH C99 | UAS Transervices Inc. | Norfolk, NE | Fatal · 1 | no docket |
| 2024-10-07 | ERA25FA005 Part 135 fatal | BELL 206L-3 | Owenton, KY | Fatal · 3 | no docket · open | |
| 2024-10-05 | DCA25LA001 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A321-211 | Frontier Airlines | Las Vegas, NV | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2024-09-25 | DCA24LA318 Part 121 airline | EMBRAER ERJ 170-100 LR | Envoy Air Inc. | Chicago, IL | No injury | 16 docs · FDR tables |
| 2024-09-19 | DCA24LA316 Part 121 airline | BOEING 757-224 | UNITED AIRLINES INC | Dunnigan, CA | Serious injury | 5 docs · FDR tables |
| 2024-09-12 | DCA24FA300 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-9 | ALASKA AIRLINES INC | Nashville, TN | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2024-09-10 | DCA24FA299 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A350-941 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | College Park, GA | Minor injury | no docket · open |
| 2024-09-07 | ANC24FA089 Part 135 fatal | BELL 206B | EGLI AIR HAUL INC | King Salmon, AK | Fatal · 1 | 7 docs |
| 2024-08-31 | DCA24LA295 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A330-323 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | Atlanta, GA | No injury | 8 docs |
| 2024-08-30 | DCA24WA334 Part 121 airline | BOEING 757-224 | UNITED AIRLINES INC | Brussels | — | no docket · open |
| 2024-08-19 | DCA24LA290 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737 | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO | Highland Meadows, NM | Serious injury | 3 docs |
| 2024-08-17 | DCA24LA293 Part 121 airline | BOEING 747-4HQF | KALITTA AIR LLC | Istanbul, OF | No injury | 7 docs |
| 2024-08-13 | DCA24WA272 Part 121 airline | BOEING 747-400F | Atlas Air Inc. | Narita | — | no docket · open |
| 2024-08-10 | DCA24WA260 Part 121 airline | BOEING 767-322 | United Airlines | Geneva | — | no docket · open |
| 2024-08-08 | DCA24LA255 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A321-231 | AMERICAN AIRLINES INC | Waycross, GA | Serious injury | 4 docs · FDR tables |
| 2024-08-07 | DCA24LA256 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737 | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO | Severn, MD | Serious injury | 2 docs |
| 2024-08-04 | DCA24LA254 Part 121 airline | BOEING 777-223 | AMERICAN AIRLINES INC | Linneus, MO | Serious injury | 9 docs |
| 2024-07-27 | DCA24LA245 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | Salt Lake City, UT | No injury | 5 docs |
| 2024-07-17 | DCA24LA241 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A320-232 | Spirit Airlines Inc. | Orlando, FL | Serious injury | 3 docs |
| 2024-06-25 | DCA24LA219 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-79P | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO | Portland, ME | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2024-06-11 | DCA24WA208 Part 121 airline | BOEING 747 | Atlas Air | Incheon | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2024-06-04 | DCA24WA201 Part 121 airline | BOEING 777FZB | Polar Air Cargo | Narita | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2024-06-02 | DCA24WA282 Part 121 airline | MCDONNELL DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT CO MD 83 | World Atlantic Airlines | Santa Clara, OF | — | no docket · open |
| 2024-05-29 | OPS24FA031 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS INDUSTRIE A319-132 | AMERICAN AIRLINES INC | Arlington, VA | — | no docket · open |
| 2024-05-25 | DCA24LA206 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-8 | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO | Oakland, CA | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2024-05-14 | ENG24LA014 Part 121 airline | BOEING 787 | United Airlines | Singapore, OF | No injury | 4 docs · FDR tables |
| 2024-05-08 | DCA24WA180 Part 121 airline | BOEING 767-3S2F | FEDERAL EXPRESS CORP | Istanbul, OF | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2024-04-27 | ENG24WA013 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-79P | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO | San Miguel de Cozumel, OF | — | no docket · open |
| 2024-04-26 | DCA24LA174 Part 121 airline | BOEING 757 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | Hogansville, GA | Serious injury | 3 docs |
| 2024-04-03 | DCA24FA143 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-7CT | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO | Gulf of America, GM | Serious injury | 23 docs · FDR tables |
| 2024-04-03 | DCA24LA144 Part 121 airline | BOEING 717-200 | Delta Air Lines, Inc. | Cecil, NC | Serious injury | 4 docs |
| 2024-03-28 | DCA24LA135 Part 121 airline | BOEING 757-232 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | Lakeland, GA | Serious injury | 3 docs |
| 2024-03-23 | DCA24WA132 Part 121 airline | BOEING 767-338 | CARGO AIRCRAFT MANAGEMENT INC | Panama City | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2024-03-15 | DCA24LA130 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-800 | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO | Paris, TN | Serious injury | 2 docs |
| 2024-03-09 | DCA24LA124 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737 | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO | Aylett, VA | Serious injury | 3 docs |
| 2024-03-08 | DCA24FA120 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-8 | UNITED AIRLINES INC | Houston, TX | No injury | 31 docs · FDR tables |
| 2024-02-18 | DCA24WA102 Part 121 airline | BOEING 767-332 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | Bogotá, OF | Serious injury | no docket · open |
| 2024-02-18 | DCA24WA111 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A320-232 | Merida | — | no docket · open | |
| 2024-02-11 | DCA24LA095 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-823 | AMERICAN AIRLINES INC | Dallas, TX | No injury | 11 docs · FDR tables |
| 2024-02-10 | DCA24LA097 Part 121 airline | BOEING 777-222ER | UNITED AIRLINES INC | Kelsey, NY | Serious injury | 34 docs · FDR tables |
| 2024-02-10 | CEN24MA111 Major investigation | AIRBUS HELICOPTERS EC 130 | ORBIC AIR LLC | Halloran Springs, CA | Fatal · 6 | 39 docs |
| 2024-02-09 | ERA24FA110 Part 135 fatal | BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2B16 | Ace Aviation Services | Naples, FL | Fatal · 2 | 23 docs · FDR tables |
| 2024-02-08 | DCA24LA092 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A321-231 | JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP | Boston, MA | No injury | 6 docs · recorder reports |
| 2024-02-06 | DCA24LA094 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-8 | UNITED AIRLINES INC | Newark, NJ | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2024-01-21 | CEN24FA094 Part 135 fatal | BELL 206 | AIR EVAC EMS INC | Hydro, OK | Fatal · 3 | 12 docs |
| 2024-01-19 | DCA24LA079 Part 121 airline | BOEING 747-87UF | ATLAS AIR INC | Miami, FL | No injury | 4 docs |
| 2024-01-10 | DCA24LA065 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737 | UNITED AIRLINES INC | Houston, TX | No injury | 5 docs · recorder reports |
| 2024-01-06 | DCA24MA063 Major investigation | BOEING 737-9 | ALASKA AIRLINES INC | Portland, OR | Minor injury | 102 docs · FDR tables |