The NTSB aviation accident database contains civil aviation accidents and selected incidents that occurred from 1962 to present within the United States, its territories and possessions, and in international waters.

Try the new interactive dashboard of aviation accidents per month and state or region. Dashboard. Summaries from the NTSB aviation accident database are updated daily on the web, and available here sorted by accident date. See the Query page for additional information.

Reports provide details about the accident, analysis of the factual data, conclusions and the probable cause of the accident, and the related safety recommendations. Most reports focus on a single accident, though the NTSB also produces reports addressing issues common to a set of similar accidents.

2 days ago · NTSB board member J. Todd Inman stated over the weekend the airport tower’s radar was showing the Black Hawk altitude at 200 feet with the Bombardier CRJ700 jet’s flight data recorder reading ...

5 days ago · The NTSB says when the Jan. 29 collision between a passenger plane and helicopter occurred, the air traffic control tower had five persons on duty.

Jan 31, 2025 · N.T.S.B. Investigates Washington Plane Crash: What to Know. The National Transportation Safety Board is an independent federal agency tasked with examining serious transport-related accidents.

Jan 31, 2025 · The NTSB is an independent federal agency responsible for investigating all civil aviation accidents as well as serious incidents in the U.S. involving other modes of transportation, such as railroad disasters and major accidents involving motor vehicles, marine vessels, pipelines and even commercial space operators.

NTSB accident dockets contain factual reports and the evidence investigators consider to develop a probable cause. This search tool works with all modern browsers. Search results are sorted by accident date, state and then city. Clicking on the Accident ID Number in the search results will take you to the docket for the investigation.

Jan 31, 2025 · The NTSB was later created in 1967 as part of the Department of Transportation before becoming a fully independent entity in 1974. Since then, the agency has investigated over 153,000 aviation ...

12 hours ago · The NTSB will seek to determine if the system was present and turned on — and if not, why not — and whether its use might have helped avoid the accident, though it appears there was enough ...