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.
Lake Hamilton, FL
THE STUDENT WAS A COMMERCIAL PLT WITH RATINGS IN SINGLE & MULTI-ENG LAND & SINGLE ENG SEA ACFT. HE WAS ON HIS 1ST FLT IN THIS MAKE & MODEL OF ACFT TO RECEVE INSTRUCTION FOR A MULTI-ENG SEA RATING. AFTER INSTRUCTING WATER LANDINGS WITH FLAPS, THE INSTRUCTOR TOLD THE STUDENT TO MAKE A NO-FLAP LANDING ON THE WATER. ACCORDING TO THE STUDENT, THE LANDING APCH LOOKED NORMAL. WHEN HE RETARDED THE THROTTLES TO IDLE IN THE FLARE, HIS INSTRUCTOR SAID SOMETHING IN A LOUD VOICE. THEREAFTER, HE FOUND HIMSELF UNDER WATER. AFTER DISCONNECTING HS SEAT BELT, HE CAME TO THE SURFACE & WAS EVENTUALLY PICKED UP BY PERSONNEL IN A BOAT. THE STUDENT THOUGHT A DOOR MIGHT HAVE COME OPEN, BUT HE DID NOT KNOW. MOST OF THE WRECKAGE WAS RECOVERED. THE COCKPIT DOORS WERE NOT RECOVERED, BUT THERE WAS EVIDENCE THAT THEY HAD SEPARATED DURING IMPACT. MAJOR IMPACT DAMAGE TO THE ACFT WAS IN THE NOSE & COCKPIT AREA. NO PREIMPACT FAILURE WAS FOUND. THE 1250 EDT WIND AT LAKELAND, FL (7 MI WEST) WAS CALM. NO SHOULDER HARNESS INSTALLED, CFI FATALLY INJURED.
THE STUDENT WAS A COMMERCIAL PLT WITH RATINGS IN SINGLE & MULTI-ENG LAND & SINGLE ENG SEA ACFT. HE WAS ON HIS 1ST FLT IN THIS MAKE & MODEL OF ACFT TO RECEVE INSTRUCTION FOR A MULTI-ENG SEA RATING. AFTER INSTRUCTING WATER LANDINGS WITH FLAPS, THE INSTRUCTOR TOLD THE STUDENT TO MAKE A NO-FLAP LANDING ON THE WATER. ACCORDING TO THE STUDENT, THE LANDING APCH LOOKED NORMAL. WHEN HE RETARDED THE THROTTLES TO IDLE IN THE FLARE, HIS INSTRUCTOR SAID SOMETHING IN A LOUD VOICE. THEREAFTER, HE FOUND HIMSELF UNDER WATER. AFTER DISCONNECTING HS SEAT BELT, HE CAME TO THE SURFACE & WAS EVENTUALLY PICKED UP BY PERSONNEL IN A BOAT. THE STUDENT THOUGHT A DOOR MIGHT HAVE COME OPEN, BUT HE DID NOT KNOW. MOST OF THE WRECKAGE WAS RECOVERED. THE COCKPIT DOORS WERE NOT RECOVERED, BUT THERE WAS EVIDENCE THAT THEY HAD SEPARATED DURING IMPACT. MAJOR IMPACT DAMAGE TO THE ACFT WAS IN THE NOSE & COCKPIT AREA. NO PREIMPACT FAILURE WAS FOUND. THE 1250 EDT WIND AT LAKELAND, FL (7 MI WEST) WAS CALM. NO SHOULDER HARNESS INSTALLED, CFI FATALLY INJURED.