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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is an independent United States federal agency dedicated to promoting aviation, railroad, highway, marine, pipeline, and hazardous materials safety. Established in 1967, the agency is mandated by Congress through the Independent Safety Board Act of 1974 to investigate transportation accidents, determine the probable causes of the accidents, issue safety recommendations, study transportation safety issues, and evaluate the safety effectiveness of government agencies involved in transportation. The NTSB reviews appeals of enforcement actions involving airman and seaman certificates issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the U.S. Coast Guard and civil penalties actions taken by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
The NTSB makes public its actions and decisions through accident reports, safety studies, special investigation reports, safety recommendations, and statistical reviews. The Independent Safety Board Act, as codified at 49 U.S.C. Section 1154(b), precludes the admission into evidence or use of NTSB reports related to an incident or accident in a civil action for damages resulting from a matter mentioned in the report.
"To help prevent accidents, save lives and reduce injuries, the Board develops safety recommendations, based on its investigations and studies, which are issued to Federal, State and local government agencies, and to industry and other organizations in a position to improve transportation safety. These recommendations are the focal point of the NTSB's efforts to improve safety in the Nation's transportation system."
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- B763, Chicago O'Hare IL USA, 2016
- B773, vicinity Houston TX USA, 2014
- B737, vicinity Branson MO USA, 2014
- A332, Karachi Pakistan, 2014
- MD88, New York La Guardia USA, 2015
- A333, Chicago O'Hare IL USA, 2013
- H25B, vicinity Akron OH USA, 2015
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- F16 / C150, vicinity Berkeley County SC USA, 2015
- B733, Nashville TN USA, 2015
- MD82 / C441, Lambert-St Louis MI USA, 1994
- B722 / BE10, Atlanta GA USA, 1990
- DC91 / B722, Detroit MI USA, 1990
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- B737, en-route, northwest of Philadelphia PA USA, 2018
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- MD82, Phuket Thailand, 2007
- B744, en-route, East China Sea, 2011
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- B788, Boston MA USA, 2013
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- B735/B733, Dallas-Fort Worth TX USA, 2001
- B743, vicinity Jeddah Saudia Arabia, 2008
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- E170/E120, San Francisco CA, USA 2007
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- B738, Kingston Jamaica, 2009
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- B737, en-route, west southwest of Pensacola FL USA, 2016
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- A388, en-route, Wyoming USA, 2020
- AT45, en-route, north of Islamabad Pakistan, 2016
- S76, en-route, northwest of Los Angeles USA, 2020
- B738, Jacksonville FL USA, 2019
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- B772, vicinity Denver, USA, 2021
- PA46, en-route, north northwest of Guernsey Channel Islands, 2019
