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 81 cases · 2025–2025
81
cases in this slice
14
fatal accidents
124
lives lost
32
with a probable cause
32
with coded findings
54
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
32 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 · 28 causal · 8 contributing
- Conditions/weather/phenomena — Turbulence, (general)20
- Task environment — 2
- Operating environment — Air traffic/operating proc, Airport facilities/design2
Personnel issues18 cases · 22 causal · 8 contributing
- Action/decision — Action, Info processing/decision7
- Task performance — Use of equip/info, Workload management6
- Psychological — Attention/monitoring, Perception/orientation/illusion3
- Experience/knowledge — 3
- Physical — Impairment/incapacitation1
Aircraft8 cases · 11 causal · 1 contributing
- Aircraft systems — Landing gear system, (general)3
- Aircraft oper/perf/capability — Performance/control parameters, Aircraft capability3
- Aircraft power plant — 1
- Aircraft structures — Fuselage1
Organizational issues2 cases · 22 causal · 0 contributing
- Support/oversight/monitoring — Oversight, Safety programs2
- Management — Policy/procedure, Communication (organizational)2
- Development — Design1
Solid = cited in the probable cause · outlined = contributing factor · hover a row for the most-cited specifics.
Occurrences coded
- Turbulence encounter · 16 defining16
- Unknown or undetermined · 9 defining9
- Near midair/TCAS alert/loss of separation · 9 defining7
- Flight control sys malf/fail · 5 defining5
- Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail · 5 defining5
- Ground collision · 7 defining4
- Tailstrike · 4 defining4
- Loss of engine power (partial) · 2 defining4
- Loss of control in flight · 3 defining4
- Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power) · 2 defining3
- Evacuation · 2 defining3
- Part(s) separation from AC · 1 defining3
- Fire/smoke (non-impact) · 2 defining3
- Wrong surface or wrong airport · 2 defining2
Phase of flight of the defining event
- Enroute32
- Takeoff11
- Approach11
- Landing9
- Taxi7
- Standing6
- InitialClimb6
- Unknown4
- Pushback/Tow1
- Maneuvering1
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 fatal42
- Airbus · 3 fatal15
- Bombardier / De Havilland · 3 fatal9
- Bell · 2 fatal2
- Cessna · 2 fatal2
- Robinson · 1 fatal1
- Beechcraft · 1 fatal1
- Saab1
- Other · 1 fatal1
Operators with the most cases
- Southwest Airlines10
- United Airlines10
- Delta Air Lines9
- Skywest Airlines4
- American Airlines3
- Endeavor Air3
- Frontier Airlines2
- Jetblue Airways2
- Spirit Airlines2
- United Parcel Service · 3 lives2
- Air Algerie1
- Air Algérie1
What changed because of them
54 recommendations · 53 opensafety recommendations issued from these cases, by the NTSB's status of the response- Closed · acceptable 1
- Open · acceptable response 4
- Open · awaiting response 49
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 · 44%14 cases
- Action/decision › Action · Personnel issues · 16%5 cases
- Task performance › Use of equip/info · Personnel issues · 12%4 cases
- Psychological › Perception/orientation/illusion · Personnel issues · 6%2 cases
- Conditions/weather/phenomena › Convective weather · Environmental issues · 6%2 cases
- Aircraft oper/perf/capability › Performance/control parameters · Aircraft · 6%2 cases
- Action/decision › Info processing/decision · Personnel issues · 6%2 cases
- Support/oversight/monitoring › Oversight · Organizational issues · 6%2 cases
- Aircraft oper/perf/capability › Aircraft capability · Aircraft · 6%2 cases
- Management › Policy/procedure · Organizational issues · 6%2 cases
- Conditions/weather/phenomena › (general) · Environmental issues · 3%1 cases
- Aircraft systems › Flight control system · Aircraft · 3%1 cases
The cases
81 of 81newest first — open any case for its recorders, transcript, photographs and analyst| Date | Case | Aircraft | Operator | Where | Outcome | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-18 | WPR26MA063 Major investigation | CESSNA 550 | GB AVIATION LEASING LLC | Statesville, NC | Fatal · 7 | no docket · open |
| 2025-11-29 | DCA26LA047 Part 121 airline | EMBRAER S A ERJ 170-200 LR | Envoy Air Inc. | Chicago, IL | No injury | 4 docs |
| 2025-11-23 | ENG26LA011 Part 121 airline | BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2C11 | SkyWest Airlines Inc. | Hibbing, MN | No injury | 4 docs |
| 2025-11-08 | ERA26FA035 Part 135 fatal | AIRBUS HELICOPTERS EC 130 T2 | AIR METHODS LLC | Lebanon, TN | Fatal · 1 | 12 docs · open |
| 2025-11-04 | DCA26MA024 Major investigation | MCDONNELL DOUGLAS MD-11F | UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CO | Louisville, KY | Fatal · 3 | 123 docs · FDR tables · open |
| 2025-10-30 | ENG26LA004 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A320-232 | JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP | Gulf of America, GM | Minor injury | no docket · open |
| 2025-10-24 | DCA26WA021 Part 121 airline | BOEING 767 | Challenge Airlines | Liège, OF | — | no docket · open |
| 2025-10-23 | DCA26WA025 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A321 | easyJet | Amsterdam | — | no docket · open |
| 2025-10-16 | DCA26LA012 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737 | United Air Lines | Moab, UT | Minor injury | no docket · open |
| 2025-10-08 | ENG26WA001 Part 121 airline | SAAB 340 | REX Regional Express | Adelaide Aerodrome | — | no docket · open |
| 2025-10-07 | WPR26FA008 Part 135 fatal | AIRBUS HELICOPTERS EC 130 T2 | REACH AIR MEDICAL SERVICES LLC | Sacramento, CA | Fatal · 1 | no docket · open |
| 2025-10-03 | DCA26WA003 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737 | Malta Air | Manchester, OF | — | no docket · open |
| 2025-10-02 | DCA26FA001 Part 121 airline | BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2D24 | Endeavor Air | New York, NY | Minor injury | no docket · open |
| 2025-09-30 | DCA25LA341 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A321 | Spirit Airlines LLC | Las Vegas, NV | Serious injury | 4 docs |
| 2025-09-25 | DCA25LA339 Part 121 airline | EMBRAER EMB-145XR | CommuteAir | Roanoke, VA | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2025-09-19 | DCA25WA337 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737 | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO | Cancun, OF | — | no docket · open |
| 2025-09-12 | DCA25LA323 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-7H4 | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO | Port Orange, FL | Serious injury | 2 docs |
| 2025-09-12 | DCA25WA324 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-824 | United Airlines | Osaka | Minor injury | no docket · open |
| 2025-09-10 | DCA25WA321 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-832 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | Belize City | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2025-09-09 | DCA25WA345 Part 121 airline | BOEING 777-222 | UNITED AIRLINES INC | Ezeiza, OF | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2025-08-29 | DCA25LA307 Part 121 airline | EMBRAER S A ERJ 170-200 LL | SKYWEST AIRLINES INC | Peaster, TX | Serious injury | 6 docs |
| 2025-08-28 | DCA25LA306 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS INDUSTRIE A320-212 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | Chase City, VA | Serious injury | 5 docs |
| 2025-08-23 | DCA25LA312 Part 121 airline | MCDONNELL DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT CO MD 83 | World Atlantic Airlines | Miami , FL | Serious injury | 3 docs |
| 2025-08-16 | DCA25WA309 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A320-214 | Global Crossing Airlines | Villahermosa | — | no docket · open |
| 2025-08-13 | DCA25WA297 Part 121 airline | BOEING 747-8F | UPS | Taipei | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2025-08-05 | WPR25FA240 Part 135 fatal | BEECH 300 | CSI AVIATION INC | Chinle, AZ | Fatal · 4 | no docket · open |
| 2025-07-30 | DCA25LA276 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A330 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | Creston, WY | Serious injury | no docket · open |
| 2025-07-29 | DCA25WA304 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737 | Air Algérie | Near MAR holding fix within Algiers TMA | — | no docket · open |
| 2025-07-26 | DCA25LA275 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-8 | American Airlines, Inc. | Denver, CO | No injury | 4 docs |
| 2025-07-21 | DCA25LA269 Part 121 airline | EMBRAER-EMPRESA BRASILEIRA DE ERJ 170-200 LR | DELTA AIR LINES INC | Jacksonville, GA | Serious injury | 4 docs |
| 2025-07-21 | DCA25WA292 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-832 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | Ciudad de México | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2025-07-19 | DCA25LA268 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS INDUSTRIE A319-131 | UNITED AIRLINES INC | Santa Barbara, CA | Serious injury | 4 docs |
| 2025-07-19 | OPS25LA052 Part 121 airline | EMBRAER-EMPRESA BRASILEIRA DE ERJ 170-200 LR | DELTA AIR LINES INC | Minot, ND | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2025-07-17 | DCA25LA272 Part 121 airline | BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2D24 | Endeavor Air | Germantown, KY | Serious injury | 4 docs |
| 2025-07-16 | OPS25LA054 Part 121 airline | BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2D24 | SKYWEST AIRLINES INC | Freeland, MI | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2025-07-15 | OPS25LA048 Part 121 airline | EMBRAER ERJ 170-200 LR | SKYWEST AIRLINES INC | Monterey, CA | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2025-07-14 | DCA25LA286 Part 121 airline | EMBRAER-EMPRESA BRASILEIRA DE ERJ 170-200 LR | Republic Airways | Boston, MA | No injury | 6 docs |
| 2025-07-13 | DCA25WA262 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A320-232 | JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP | Nassau, OF | — | no docket · open |
| 2025-07-12 | DCA25LA266 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A320-251N | Frontier Airlines | Denver, CO | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2025-07-05 | DCA25WA302 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737 | Air Algerie | North/East sector of Algiers FIR | — | no docket · open |
| 2025-07-02 | DCA25LA251 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-924ER | UNITED AIRLINES INC | Las Vegas, NV | No injury | 6 docs · FDR tables |
| 2025-06-22 | DCA25LA239 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A320 | Spirit Airlines | Nashville, TN | Serious injury | 3 docs |
| 2025-06-22 | DCA25LA240 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS INDUSTRIE A321-211 | AMERICAN AIRLINES INC | Miami, FL | Serious injury | 8 docs |
| 2025-06-18 | DCA25WA305 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737 | Norwegian Air | N/A | Serious injury | no docket · open |
| 2025-06-18 | DCA25LA241 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-8H4 | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO | Barlow Bend, AL | Serious injury | 2 docs |
| 2025-06-16 | DCA25LA238 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-924ER | UNITED AIRLINES INC | Fort Myers, FL | Serious injury | 4 docs |
| 2025-06-14 | DCA25LA234 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-7H4 | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO | Ebro, FL | Serious injury | 2 docs |
| 2025-06-12 | DCA25LA233 Part 121 airline | BOEING 747-47UF | ATLAS AIR INC | Guayaquil | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2025-06-08 | DCA25LA230 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737 | United Airlines | Phoenix, AZ | Serious injury | 2 docs |
| 2025-06-04 | ANC25FA044 Part 135 fatal | ROBINSON HELICOPTER CO R66 | Pollux Aviation | Kaparuk, AK | Fatal · 2 | no docket · open |
| 2025-05-26 | ENG25LA038 Part 121 airline | BOEING 777 | United Airlines | Beijing | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2025-05-05 | GAA25WA156 Part 135 fatal | BELL 407 | Gangnani | Fatal · 6 | no docket · open | |
| 2025-05-02 | DCA25LA197 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737 | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO | Centerville, TN | No injury | 3 docs |
| 2025-04-28 | ANC25FA035 Part 135 fatal | CESSNA T207 | Smokey Bay Air | Nanwalek, AK | Fatal · 2 | no docket · open |
| 2025-04-26 | ENG25LA053 Part 121 airline | BOEING 767 | Air Transport International | Honolulu, HI | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2025-04-20 | DCA25LA190 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-7H4 | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO | Tahlequah, OK | Serious injury | 2 docs |
| 2025-04-17 | DCA25LA185 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737 | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO | Houston, TX | Serious injury | 2 docs |
| 2025-04-16 | DCA25LA184 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A321-271NX | Frontier Airlines | San Juan, PR | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2025-04-12 | WPR25MA128 Major investigation | MITSUBISHI MU-2B-40 | Copake, NY | Fatal · 6 | no docket · open | |
| 2025-04-10 | ERA25MA171 Major investigation | BELL 206L-4 | NY Helicopter | Jersey City, NJ | Fatal · 6 | 45 docs · recorder reports · open |
| 2025-03-31 | DCA25WA176 Part 121 airline | MCDONNELL DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT CO MD 83 | CARIBBEAN SUN AIRLINES INC DBA | Havana, OF | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2025-03-27 | DCA25LA173 Part 121 airline | BOEING 787 | UNITED AIRLINES INC | Claveria, OF | Serious injury | 5 docs · FDR tables |
| 2025-03-23 | DCA25WA164 Part 121 airline | BOEING 767 | Amerijet | Managua, OF | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2025-03-20 | DCA25LA163 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-8H4 | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO | Orlando, FL | No injury | 18 docs · FDR tables |
| 2025-03-13 | DCA25FA159 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-823 | American Airlines | Denver, CO | Minor injury | no docket · open |
| 2025-03-10 | CEN25MA115 Major investigation | EUROCOPTER DEUTSCHLAND GMBH EC 135 P2+ | MED-TRANS CORP | Canton, MS | Fatal · 3 | no docket · open |
| 2025-03-02 | DCA25LA156 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-8 | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO | San Diego, CA | Serious injury | no docket |
| 2025-03-01 | DCA25FA148 Part 121 airline | BOEING 767 | FEDERAL EXPRESS CORP | Newark, NJ | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2025-02-26 | OPS25LA025 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-823 | WILMINGTON TRUST CO TRUSTEE | Goodyear, AZ | — | no docket · open |
| 2025-02-24 | DCA25LA139 Part 121 airline | BOEING 717 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | Atlanta, GA | Minor injury | no docket · open |
| 2025-02-17 | DCA25WA127 Part 121 airline | BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2D24 | Endeavor Air | Toronto , OF | — | no docket · open |
| 2025-02-14 | DCA25LA126 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-7H4 | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO | Hacienda Heights, CA | Serious injury | 2 docs |
| 2025-02-06 | ANC25MA018 Major investigation | TEXTRON AVIATION INC 208B | BERING AIR INC | Nome, AK | Fatal · 10 | 80 docs |
| 2025-02-05 | DCA25LA117 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-832 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | Seattle, WA | No injury | 4 docs |
| 2025-02-02 | DCA25LA120 Part 121 airline | BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2B19 | AIR WISCONSIN AIRLINES LLC | Chicago, IL | Serious injury | 3 docs |
| 2025-01-31 | ERA25MA106 Major investigation | LEARJET 55 | Med Jets, S.A. DE C.V. | Philadelphia, PA | Fatal · 6 | 59 docs · recorder reports · open |
| 2025-01-30 | DCA25MA108 Major investigation | BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2C10 | PSA Airlines | Washington, DC | Fatal · 67 | 268 docs · FDR tables |
| 2025-01-24 | DCA25LA093 Part 121 airline | BOEING 787-8 | United Airlines | Dabouzra | Serious injury | no docket · open |
| 2025-01-21 | ENG25WA017 Part 121 airline | BOEING 787 | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines | Santiago | — | no docket · open |
| 2025-01-10 | DCA25LA085 Part 121 airline | BOEING 767 | UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CO | San Bernardino, CA | No injury | 3 docs |
| 2025-01-10 | DCA25LA084 Part 121 airline | BOEING 757 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | Atlanta, GA | Serious injury | 8 docs |