Overall Trends
Total, fatal, and serious accidents in the selected range.
Search investigations, review source evidence, monitor watched reports, and trace long-term patterns from one calm, data-first workspace.
Fast key and full-text search with live filters, watches, and precise metadata.
Use quotes for exact phrase matches (for example "fuel selector valve").
Track fatal and non-fatal accident patterns across Part 91, Part 135, and Part 121 operations.
Major cases, deep-report coverage, and investigation media across decades of NTSB history.
Move quickly by aircraft, airport, operator, and time with indexes built for research, not wandering.
NTSB Reports is an independent research and search tool for public aviation accident and incident records. It brings NTSB aviation reports, structured fields, docket files, extracted figures, photos, videos, and update history into one searchable interface.
The goal is practical safety education: make it faster to find relevant investigations, compare similar events, review factual records, and understand the evidence behind probable-cause and preliminary reports.
The investigative work and source records belong to the National Transportation Safety Board and the published investigation record. This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the NTSB.
Oceanside, CA
THE PILOT REPORTED TO FAA INSPECTORS THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOADED TO MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE GROSS WEIGHT AS HE BEGAN A TAKEOFF GROUND ROLL ON RUNWAY 24. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE ENGINE PERFORMED FINE; HOWEVER, THE GROUND ACCELERATION SEEMED SLUGGISH. THE PILOT ROTATED AT HIS NORMAL POINT, BUT THE AIRCRAFT FELT MUSHY AND HE ELECTED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF. THE AIRCRAFT OVERRAN THE END OF THE 3,061-FOOT-LONG RUNWAY BEFORE HE COULD STOP AND COLLIDED WITH A FENCE AND A BERM. THE PILOT SAID THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS OF ANY SYSTEM.
The pilot's premature rotation of the aircraft and failure to attain the proper liftoff airspeed.
On June 23, 1995, at 1230 hours Pacific daylight time, a Spreuer Cozy experimental homebuilt airplane, N84CZ, overran the runway and collided with a fence and berm during a rejected takeoff at Oceanside, California. The aircraft was owned and operated by the pilot. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the operation. The aircraft was destroyed in the multiple obstacle collision sequence. Neither the certificated private pilot nor his one passenger was injured. The flight was originating at the time of the accident as a personal cross-country flight to Baja, Mexico. In a verbal statement to responding Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspectors, the pilot said the aircraft was loaded at gross weight as he began a takeoff ground roll on runway 24. The pilot stated that the engine performed fine; however, the ground acceleration seemed sluggish. The pilot rotated at his normal point, but the aircraft felt mushy and he elected to abort the takeoff. The aircraft overran the end of the 3,061-foot-long runway before he could stop and collided with a fence and a berm. The pilot said there were no mechanical malfunctions of any system. The pilot did not respond to repeated written requests to complete a NTSB Pilot Operator Aircraft Accident Report, Form 6120.1/2.