Resources
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Accident/Incident Report Databases
NTSB Aviation Accident/Incident Query Search Page
Contains NTSB report narratives and data (factual report and associated Board-adopted cause report) from all the NTSB’s civil U.S. aviation accident and incident investigations conducted since 1962.
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/index.aspx
NTSB Docket Search Page
Search engine to immediately download all “public docket” materials for all NTSB investigations conducted since June 1, 2009 (Dockets released prior to June 1, 2009 are publicly available from the NTSB’s Record Management Division.)
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Forms/searchdocket
FAA Preliminary Accident/Incident Notification Database – Past 10 days
Contains basic factual information regarding all aircraft accidents/incidents 24 hours after they are known to FAA.
https://www.asias.faa.gov/apex/f?p=100:93:::NO:::
FAA Accident/Incident Report Database (AIDS)
Official FAA database of all FAA-investigated civil U.S. Incident/accident data that occurred between 1978 and the present. Includes all Incidents not investigated by NTSB (since they do not meet the aircraft damage or personal injury thresholds contained in the NTSB definition of an accident.)
https://www.asias.faa.gov/apex/f?p=100:12:::NO:::
Aviation Safety Network
A very good (but unofficial) “wiki” that list all recent accident/incidents in the U.S. and around the world.
https://aviation-safety.net/
Kathryn’s Report (Aviation Accidents)
Another very good (but unofficial) web site that provides media links, photos, and FAA/NTSB accident/incident reports.
http://www.kathrynsreport.com/
FAA UAS Accident and Incident Preliminary Reports
FAA’s official website dedicated to Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) accidents, updated periodically.
https://www.asias.faa.gov/apex/f?p=100:446:::NO:446::
Investigation Manuals and Guidance
NTSB Investigative Process – Main Page
https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/process/Pages/default.aspx
NTSB “Party Form”
https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/process/Documents/NTSB_Investigation_Party_Form.pdf
FAA-NTSB Joint Policy Letter
June 2014 two-page letter that describes how the interested parties involved in an aviation accident investigation should conform the two different roles of NTSB versus FAA.
https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/process/Documents/NTSB-FAA-COS%20Letter-FinalSigned-WithLogos.pdf
FAA Order 8020.11D – Accident/Incident Notification, Investigation, and Reporting
The FAA’s “playbook” regarding investigation, including what role every FAA’s office’s role in both supporting the NTSB investigation, and conducting the FAA investigation.
https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Order/FAA_Order_8020.11D.pdf
ICAO Annex 13 – Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation
The world’s standards and recommended practices as agreed by all 190 signatory countries who are members. https://www.kenyoninternational.com/Assets/Downloads/cos-fa-icao-annex-13-11-ed.pdf
Miscellaneous Useful Aviation Safety Research Sites
ASI Resource.com (Piper Aircraft) – for Air Safety Investigators
http://www.asiresource.com/
International Society of Air Safety Investigators (ISASI)
https://www.isasi.org/
NTSB Safety Recommendations to the FAA with FAA Responses
https://www.asias.faa.gov/apex/f?p=100:38:::NO:::
FAA Lessons Learned from Civil Aviation Accidents
https://lessonslearned.faa.gov/
Dept. of Transportation Office of Inspector General – Aviation Audit Reports
https://www.oig.dot.gov/oversight-areas/aviation