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.
Eustis, FL
An experimental amateur-built airplane, impacted a hangar during takeoff/initial climb. The pilot stated that while allowing his friend to control the airplane he appeared to panic, pulled the control bar to his chest, the airplane veered to the right, and the pilot could not regain control. According to the pilot, there were no known anomalies or malfunctions to the aircraft or any of its systems prior to the accident.
The passenger's control interference, which resulted in a loss of control, and the airplane impacting a hangar during takeoff/initial climb.
On November 13, 2004, about 1230 eastern standard time, a Joseph R. Sirgo Aquilla experimental amateur-built airplane, N2011G, registered to and operated by a private individual, as a Title 14 CFR part 91 personal flight, impacted a hangar during takeoff/initial climb. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed. The private-rated pilot and one passenger received serious injuries, and the airplane was destroyed. The flight was originating at the time of the accident. According to an FAA inspector who responded to the accident scene, during the takeoff the passenger who was sitting in the front seat of the airplane, froze on the controls and the pilot could not overpower him. The inspector stated the pilot applied full power and attempted to climb over a hangar which was in the way, but he was unable to avoid impacting it. The aircraft impacted the hangar door and caused it to collapse, damaging an airplane which was in the hangar. The pilot stated that while allowing his friend to control the airplane and at an altitude of about 100 to 150 feet, the passenger appeared to panic, pulled the control bar to his chest, and consequently put the airplane into a dive. The pilot stated that he yelled "let go I've got it", the passenger released the bar and the pilot stabilized the airplane. He further stated that the passenger again pulled the control bar, the airplane veered to the right, and the pilot could not regain control. According to the pilot, there were no known anomolies or malfunctions to the aircraft or any of its systems prior to the accident.