NTSB Releases Tool for GA Accident Analysis

The new tools streamlines and simplifies accessing NTSB findings and safety recommendations.

Thursday, February 16, 2023 at 12:54 PM ET

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The NTSB has created an online tool, the General Aviation Accident Dashboard, to streamline accident information. [Screenshot]

Key Takeaways:

The NTSB launched a new General Aviation Accident Dashboard to streamline the process of finding accident information, which was previously challenging.
The dashboard covers general aviation accidents from 2012 through 2021, providing summary statistics, investigative findings, and safety recommendations.
It features intuitive tabs for accidents, findings, and recommendations, along with graphics, detailed breakdowns of accident causes (personnel, aircraft, environmental), and a glossary.
Users can easily search, filter, and download specific accident findings or recommendations, with video tutorials available to guide usage.

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If you have ever done a search of the National Transportation Safety Board website to find information on a particular accident, you probably recall that it could be a challenging, sometimes even tedious, experience. The NTSB has created an online tool, the General Aviation Accident Dashboard, to streamline this process.

The dashboard provides summary statistics, investigative findings, and safety recommendations that grew out of the investigation. The dashboard covers accidents from 2012 through 2021 and includes at-a-glance information that is easily reviewed with a mouse click.