Key Aviation Accident and
Incident Databases

The following links are to databases that maintained by national aviation or aviation safety authorities. The database entries contain a variety of information on accidents and incidents involving civil aircraft. The most extensive databases are from the NTSB and FAA in the U.S. and may be searched by specific criteria.

Key Aviation Accident and Incident Databases

• NTSB Accidents and Serious Incidents by Date
  This page provides links to NTSB accidents and serious incidents by month.

• NTSB Accidents and Serious Incidents Database
  This searchable database contains information from 1983 and later from civil aviation accidents and selected serious incidents within the United States, or from U.S. registered aircraft elsewhere in the world.

• FAA Incident Database
  This database of the FAA Incident Data System contains a collection of records dating from 1978 of aviation safety events that do not meet aircraft damage or personal injury thresholds contained in the NTSB definition of an accident.

• Accidents and Incidents of Selected US Carriers
  The accident information is from 1962 to the present and incidents are from 1978 to the present.

• U.S. Accidents by Aircraft Model
  The accident information is from 1962 to the present to the present.

• Accidents and Incidents of Selected U.S. Airports
  The accident information is from 1962 to the present and incidents are from 1978 to the present.

Other Important Aviation Safety Data

It takes analysis of a variety of data sources to get an idea for current or historical safety trends. The following are just some of the resources that you may find useful for asking and answering aviation safety questions.

Finding information right after an accident
Major US aviation safety data resources
Finding useful aviation safety data
The "Are You Better Than Average" probability game