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 39 cases · 2026–2026
39
cases in this slice
9
fatal accidents
27
lives lost
7
with a probable cause
7
with coded findings
0
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
7 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 issues6 cases · 6 causal · 6 contributing
- Experience/knowledge — Knowledge3
- Task performance — Use of equip/info3
- Action/decision — Info processing/decision, Action2
Environmental issues5 cases · 6 causal · 1 contributing
- Conditions/weather/phenomena — Turbulence, Wind4
- Physical environment — Runway/land/takeoff/taxi surface1
Aircraft2 cases · 2 causal · 0 contributing
- Aircraft oper/perf/capability — Performance/control parameters1
- Aircraft structures — Fuselage1
Solid = cited in the probable cause · outlined = contributing factor · hover a row for the most-cited specifics.
Occurrences coded
- Turbulence encounter · 7 defining7
- Unknown or undetermined · 6 defining6
- Runway incursion veh/AC/person · 3 defining3
- Air traffic event · 2 defining3
- Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail · 2 defining3
- Abnormal runway contact · 2 defining2
- Tailstrike · 2 defining2
- Fire/smoke (non-impact) · 2 defining2
- Birdstrike · 2 defining2
- Near midair/TCAS alert/loss of separation · 4 defining2
- Prop/jet/rotor blast/suction · 1 defining1
- Loss of control on ground · 1 defining1
- Clear air turbulence encounter · 1 defining1
- Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT) · 1 defining1
- Altitude deviation · 1 defining1
Phase of flight of the defining event
- Enroute15
- Landing8
- Approach6
- Taxi5
- InitialClimb5
- Takeoff2
- 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
- Airbus · 1 fatal12
- Bombardier / De Havilland · 1 fatal4
- Cessna · 2 fatal2
- Other · 2 fatal2
- Piper · 1 fatal1
- Robinson · 1 fatal1
- Beechcraft · 1 fatal1
Operators with the most cases
- United Airlines6
- Delta Air Lines5
- Jetblue Airways4
- Southwest Airlines3
- Alaska Airlines2
- American Airlines2
- Psa Airlines2
- 21 Air1
- Air Transport International1
- Airborne Aviation · 3 lives1
- Amerijet1
- Central Airlines · 1 lives1
What changed because of them
0 recommendations · 0 opensafety recommendations issued from these cases, by the NTSB's status of the responseNo safety recommendations arise from this slice.
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 7 coded cases here- Conditions/weather/phenomena › Turbulence · Environmental issues · 43%3 cases
- Task performance › Use of equip/info · Personnel issues · 43%3 cases
- Experience/knowledge › Knowledge · Personnel issues · 14%1 cases
- Action/decision › Info processing/decision · Personnel issues · 14%1 cases
- Conditions/weather/phenomena › Wind · Environmental issues · 14%1 cases
- Aircraft oper/perf/capability › Performance/control parameters · Aircraft · 14%1 cases
- Action/decision › Action · Personnel issues · 14%1 cases
- Aircraft structures › Fuselage · Aircraft · 14%1 cases
- Physical environment › Runway/land/takeoff/taxi surface · Environmental issues · 14%1 cases
The cases
39 of 39newest first — open any case for its recorders, transcript, photographs and analyst| Date | Case | Aircraft | Operator | Where | Outcome | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | WPR26FA363 Part 135 fatal | EUROCOPTER DEUTSCHLAND GMBH EC 135 P2+ | REACH AIR MEDICAL SERVICES LLC | Avalon, CA | Fatal · 3 | no docket · open |
| 2026-09-18 | ANC26FA106 Part 135 fatal | PIPER PA-18-150 | Hawk Mountain Air | Northway, AK | Fatal · 2 | no docket · open |
| 2026-09-15 | ANC26FA105 Part 135 fatal | CESSNA A185F | Nick's Air Service | Stony River, AK | Fatal · 2 | no docket · open |
| 2026-09-14 | DCA26WA364 Part 121 airline | BOEING 777-223 | American Airlines | Ezeiza | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2026-09-06 | DCA26MA352 Major investigation | BOEING 767-33A | 21 Air LLC | Miami, FL | Fatal | no docket · open |
| 2026-09-06 | DCA26WA355 Part 121 airline | BOEING 767-338 | Amerijet | Guatemala City, OF | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2026-08-27 | DCA26LA340 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A319-132 | United Airlines | Houston, TX | Serious injury | no docket · open |
| 2026-08-20 | WPR26FA309 Part 135 fatal | CESSNA 441 | N128EZ LLC | Cape Newenham, AK | Fatal · 8 | no docket · open |
| 2026-07-16 | DCA26LA286 Part 121 airline | EMBRAER S A ERJ 170-200 LL | SKYWEST AIRLINES INC | Sanford, FL | Serious injury | no docket · open |
| 2026-07-14 | DCA26LA282 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A321-211 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | New York, NY | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2026-07-06 | DCA26LA270 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A321-231 | JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP | Somerset, CO | Serious injury | no docket · open |
| 2026-07-01 | DCA26WA260 Part 121 airline | BOEING 767-34AF | UPS | Singapore, OF | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2026-06-20 | DCA26LA242 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS INDUSTRIE A319-114 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | Boston, MA | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2026-05-30 | CEN26FA207 Part 135 fatal | ROBINSON HELICOPTER CO R66 | Prestige Helicopters | Dawsonville, GA | Fatal · 2 | no docket · open |
| 2026-05-17 | DCA26WA216 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-8 | Southwest Airlines | Liberia, OF | — | no docket · open |
| 2026-05-14 | WPR26FA186 Part 135 fatal | BEECH C90 | Generations Jets | Lincoln, NM | Fatal · 4 | no docket · open |
| 2026-05-03 | DCA26FA194 Part 121 airline | BOEING 767-424ER | UNITED AIRLINES INC | Newark, NJ | Minor injury | no docket · open |
| 2026-04-16 | DCA26LA185 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-8 | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO | Providence, RI | Serious injury | 3 docs |
| 2026-04-08 | OPS26LA036 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-7CT | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO | Orlando, FL | — | no docket · open |
| 2026-04-04 | DCA26WA177 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A320-232 | JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP | Punta Cana | Serious injury | no docket · open |
| 2026-03-31 | DCA26WA169 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A350-941 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | Antogafasta , OF | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2026-03-30 | ENG26WA025 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A330-323 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | Sao Paulo , OF | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2026-03-29 | DCA26LA167 Part 121 airline | BOEING 787-9 | UNITED AIRLINES INC | Pacific Ocean, PO | Serious injury | 2 docs |
| 2026-03-27 | WPR26FA141 Part 135 fatal | HUGHES 369D | Airborne Aviation Inc. | Haena, HI | Fatal · 3 | no docket · open |
| 2026-03-24 | DCA26LA164 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-8 | United Airlines | Dulles, VA | Serious injury | 5 docs |
| 2026-03-23 | DCA26MA161 Major investigation | MITSUBISHI CL-600 | Jazz Aviation LP | New York, NY | Fatal · 2 | no docket · open |
| 2026-03-19 | DCA26WA163 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS SAS A350-941 | DELTA AIR LINES INC | Sydney, OF | Minor injury | no docket · open |
| 2026-03-19 | DCA26LA165 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A320-232 | JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP | Atlantic Ocean, AO | Serious injury | no docket |
| 2026-03-17 | CEN26FA140 Part 135 fatal | AERO COMMANDER 500-B | CENTRAL AIRLINES INC | Chesterfield, MO | Fatal · 1 | no docket · open |
| 2026-03-06 | DCA26LA150 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-824 | UNITED AIRLINES INC | Denver, CO | Minor injury | no docket · open |
| 2026-03-02 | DCA26LA184 Part 121 airline | BOEING 787-9 | UNITED AIRLINES INC | Los Angeles, CA | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2026-03-01 | DCA26WA147 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737-823 | American Airlines | San Salvador, OF | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2026-02-26 | DCA26LA139 Part 121 airline | BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2C10 | Endeavor Airlines | College Park, GA | No injury | 3 docs |
| 2026-02-24 | DCA26WA140 Part 121 airline | BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2C10 | PSA Airlines | North Eleuthera, OF | — | no docket · open |
| 2026-02-12 | DCA26WA143 Part 121 airline | BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2D24 | PSA AIRLINES INC | Exhuma | Minor injury | no docket · open |
| 2026-02-09 | DCA26LA115 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A321-271NX | JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP | San Francisco, CA | No injury | 5 docs |
| 2026-01-28 | DCA26LA106 Part 121 airline | AIRBUS A330-343 | Alaska Airlines | Hebron, KY | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2026-01-16 | DCA26LA097 Part 121 airline | BOEING 767-323 | Air Transport International | San Bernardino, CA | No injury | no docket · open |
| 2026-01-15 | DCA26LA102 Part 121 airline | BOEING 737 | Alaska Airlines | Kodiak, AK | No injury | 4 docs |