U.S. Civil Aviation Accident Summary for 2023

The National Transportation Safety Board's annual summary details U.S. civil aviation accidents from calendar year 2023. It covers accidents involving air carriers regulated under 14 CFR Part 121, commuter and on-demand carriers under Part 135, and general aviation under Part 91. The dataset is provided as an Excel file.

Use Cases

• Analyze accident trends across different aviation sectors (Part 121, Part 135, Part 91) for 2023
• Compare accident characteristics between air carrier and general aviation operations for the calendar year
• Identify common factors in U.S. civil aviation accidents reported by the NTSB for 2023

Strengths

• Data is sourced directly from the authoritative U.S. National Transportation Safety Board
• Provides a focused annual summary for a specific calendar year (2023)
• Covers multiple regulated aviation sectors (Part 121, 135, and 91) in a single file

Limitations

• The dataset is limited to a single year (2023), preventing longitudinal trend analysis
• Specific data structure, column names, and row counts are unknown from the provided input
• The Excel file format may require conversion for programmatic analysis in some environments

Provenance

Source

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)

Collection Method

Annual summary compiled from NTSB accident investigations and reports.

Time Range

Calendar year 2023

Freshness

Data was last updated in March 2025 and covers the 2023 calendar year.

Geography

United States