The National Transportation Safety Board has introduced a new tool to visualize information about general aviation accident investigations.
The General Aviation Accident Dashboard provides statistics, investigative findings, and safety recommendations for general aviation accidents from 2012 through 2021.
“The Dashboard allows users to more intuitively display accident information, reports, and statistics by selecting one or more filters for year, location, phase of flight, and defining event,” NTSB officials explained.
The tool includes preset filters for commonly sought-after findings, such as those on aircraft control, powerplant, and weather. Safety recommendations relating to the general aviation accidents in the 10-year data set also can be filtered.
“The NTSB has always been a data-driven agency and the proof is in our safety recommendations — every one of which is evidence-based,” said NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy. “Similarly, we want to maximize the number of stakeholders and researchers who can draw safety lessons from our accident data. That’s exactly what we hope this dashboard will accomplish.”
To help users get the most from the Dashboard, the NTSB released four short video tutorials. The first is an overview of the entire application, the other three use examples to demonstrate how various filters can be used to display different results.
According to agency officials, the Dashboard is part of the NTSB’s ongoing efforts to enhance the way users access agency reports, findings, safety recommendations, and other data. In addition to its investigative duties, the NTSB is charged by Congress with maintaining the nation’s civil aviation accident database.
Questions and user feedback on the General Aviation Accident Dashboard can be submitted to [email protected].