The National Transportation Safety Board is an independent federal agency charged by Congress with investigating every civil aviation accident in the United States and significant events in the …

The NTSB originated in the Air Commerce Act of 1926, in which the U.S. Congress charged the U.S. Department of Commerce with investigating the causes of aircraft accidents.

WASHINGTON (May 21, 2025) — The National Transportation Safety Board released Wednesday Safer Seas Digest 2024, which details the most important… Continue Reading

Accident Reports are one of the main products of an NTSB investigation. Reports provide details about the accident, analysis of the factual data, conclusions and the probable cause of the …

Jennifer L. Homendy is the 15th Chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), an independent federal agency charged by Congress with investigating every civil aviation …

This represents only a small portion of the aviation investigations conducted by the NTSB, most of which occur at the regional level. Please see the CAROL query tool to acc ess a complete …

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 …

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.

WASHINGTON (March 20, 2025) — The National Transportation Safety Board recommended Thursday that 30 owners of 68 bridges across 19 states conduct a vulnerability assessment to …

To report an accident in any transportation mode, contact the NTSB's 24-hour Response Operations Center at 844-373-9922. Contact NTSB headquarters with all requests for …