Aircraft Accidents

Browse foreign and domestic accident reports grouped by operator, aircraft, type or phase of flight, country, or contributing factor.

ASI's accident database includes ONLY accidents involving AIRCRAFT WEIGHING 12,500 POUNDS OR LESS, dating back to 1983.

This site provides links to several databases dealing with aviation incidents, accidents and safety. Click on the 'Data & Information' tab, then choose from the alphabetical list of databases. Among the list you will find the FAA Accident/Incident Data System (incidents only) and the NTSB Aviation Accident and Incident Data System (both incidents and accidents). Also available are databases such as: Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS), Near Midair Collision System (NMACS), NTSB Safety Recommendations to the FAA with FAA Responses, UAS Accident and Incident Preliminary Reports, and World Aircraft Accident Summary (WAAS).

Maintained by an aircraft accident historian, the primary goal is to collect, manage and archive all information relating to aviation accidents worldwide since 1918.

This order prescribes Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) procedures and responsibilities for aircraft accident and incident notification, investigation, and reporting. It also provides a description of the organization, functions, and authorities of the Accident Investigation Division, AVP-100. It also explains the roles and responsibilities of the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) when conducting investigations.

‘Aviation is Safer Than Ever—Why?’ A history of aircraft accident investigation from the July-September, 2014 issue of ISASI Forum (pages 24-38).

​The Accident Investigation Section (AIG) is responsible for developing and updating Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) for inclusion in Annex 13 — Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation; monitoring developments in accident investigation techniques and practices as well as accident prevention matters; monitoring developments in system safety concepts and practices, contributing to the ICAO Global Aviation Safety Plan and the ICAO Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP); managing safety recommendations addressed to ICAO; conducting and participating in seminars on aircraft accident investigation and prevention.

This application provides occurrence data as well as accident and fatality statistics from 2008 to 2016 year-to-date. Select a state or region from the dropdown box to view statistics on that particular State or group of States and scroll to the bottom of this page to view detailed information about the occurrences.

Information on the accident investigation process from the NTSB. Scroll down to links to the Major Investigations Manual and the NTSB Methodology for Investigating Operator Fatigue in a Transportation Accident.

This library section includes lessons learned from commercial passenger and cargo aircraft accidents from around the world. With commercial aviation expanding in nearly every area, continuous learning of key safety knowledge is becoming increasingly important. For example, in 2015 international scheduled passenger airline flights totaled more than 37 million operations, transporting three billion passengers. Despite these unprecedented levels of usage, international aviation safety has steadily improved in nearly every area.

The National Transportation Safety Board is an independent Federal agency charged by Congress with investigating every civil aviation accident the United States and significant accidents in other modes of transportation – railroad, highway, marine and pipeline.

View press briefings, safety videos, accident animations and accident report companion videos.

Most of these reports are in PDF format. You must have the Adobe Reader on your machine to view the PDF documents. Click on the desired report to open. Some of these PDF documents were scanned from originals in extremely poor condition. Quality diminishes when printed. (Due to the large size some reports may be slow in opening or downloading.)

NTSB's Query Tool to find information about accidents and recommendations.

CAROL includes:
Surface modal data from 1/1/2010 and later.
Aviation data from 1/1/2008 and later.
All data for Safety Recommendations

The Hunt Library's collection of accident reports and other publications from the NTSB. This page also includes links to CAA and FAA Reports and the ASASA (Aviation Safety and Security Archives) Digital Library.