NTSB Accident Animations

Below are accident animations organized by mode of transportation and other NTSB events.

Aviation | Hazardous Materials | Highway | Marine | Rail | Most Wanted | Safety Recommendations and Safety Studies

AVIATION

Date

Topic

Related Information

November 5, 2014

Aircraft Accident Report - Alaska State Troopers Helicopter Crash, Talkeetna, Alaska, March 30, 2013

Animation

June 24, 2014

Aircraft Accident Report - Crash of Asiana Flight 214, July 6, 2013

Animation

May 22, 2012

Safety Study The Safety of Experimental Amateur-Built Aircraft

Animation

April 26, 2011

Aircraft Accident Report - Crash During Unstabilized Approach, Empire Airlines Flight 8284, Aerospatiale Alenia ATR-42-320, N902FX, Lubbock, TX, January 27, 2009

Animation

September 14, 2010

Aircraft Accident Summary Report - Midair Collision Over Hudson River, Piper PA-32R-300, N71MC, and Eurocopter AS350BA, N401LH, Near Hoboken, New Jersey, August 8, 2009

Animation

May 4, 2010

Aircraft Accident Report - Loss of Thrust in Both Engines After Encountering a Flock of Birds and Subsequent Ditching on the Hudson River, US Airways Flight 1549, Airbus A320-214, N106US, Weehawken, New Jersey, January 15, 2009.

Animation

February 2, 2010

Aviation Accident Report - Crash on Approach to Airport, Colgan Air, Inc., Operating as Continental Connection Flight 3407, Bombardier DHC-8-400, N200WQ, Clarence Center, New York, February 12, 2009

Animation

October 27, 2009

Aircraft Accident Report - Crash During Approach to Landing of Maryland State Police Aerospatiale SA365N1, N92MD, District Heights, Maryland, September 27, 2008

Animation

October 14, 2009

Aircraft Accident Report - Loss of Control and Impact with Water, Marlin Air Cessna Citation 550, N550BP, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 4, 2007

Animation

September 22-23, 2009

Public Hearing - Empire Airlines flight 8284, operating a FedEx-owned ATR-42 (N902FX), Lubbock, Texas, January 27, 2009

Animation

September 16, 2009

Testimony of Chairman Hersman - Hudson River Collision: Depiction of preliminary radar flight path information of the August 8, 2009 mid-air collision of a Piper 32 aircraft with a Eurocopter helicopter.

Animation

June 30, 2009

Aircraft Accident Summary Report - Ground Fire Aboard Cargo Airplane, ABX Air Flight 1611, Boeing 767-200, N799AX, San Francisco, California, June 28, 2008.

Videos

May 12-14, 2009

Aviation Safety Issues - Crash of Colgan Air, Inc. Flight 3407, Bombardier DHC8-400, N200WQ during an instrument approach to runway 23 at the Buffalo-Niagara International Airport (BUF), Buffalo, New York on February 12, 2009.

Animation

October 2, 2007

Aircraft Accident Report - Runway Overrun and Collision, Southwest Airlines (SWA) flight 1248, Boeing 737-7H4, N471WN, Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW), Chicago, Illinois, December 8, 2005

Animation

May 1, 2007

Aviation Accident Brief - Crash During Turn Maneuver, Cirrus SR-20, N929CD, Manhattan, New York, New York, October 11, 2006

Animation

May 2, 2006

Aircraft Accident Report - Crash During Approach to Landing, Air Tahoma, Inc., Flight 185, Convair 580, N586P, Covington, Kentucky, August 13, 2004 

Animations

September 7, 2005

Aviation Accident Report - Crash During Landing, Executive Airlines Flight 5401, Avions de Transport Regional 72-212, N438AT, San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 9, 2004.

Animation

May 17, 2005

Aircraft Accident Report - Hard landing, gear collapse, Federal Express Flight 647, Boeing MD-10-10F, N364FE, Memphis, Tennessee, December 18, 2003.

Animation and Video

October 26, 2004

Aircraft Accident Report - In-Flight Separation of Vertical Stabilizer, American Airlines Flight 587, Airbus Industrie A300-605R, N14053, Belle Harbor, New York, November 12, 2001.

Animation

June 8, 2004

Aircraft Accident Report - Collision with Trees on Final Approach, FedEx flight 1478, Boeing 727-232, N497FE, Tallahassee, Florida, July 26, 2002.

Animation

February 26, 2004

Aviation Accident Report - Loss of Pitch Control During Takeoff, Air Midwest (Doing Business as US Airways Express) flight 5481, Raytheon (Beechcraft) 1900D, N233YV, Charlotte, North Carolina, January 8, 2003.

Animations

December 10 , 2002

Aviation Accident Report - Loss of Control and Impact with Pacific Ocean, Alaska Airlines Flight 261, McDonnell Douglas MD-83, N963AS, about 2.7 miles north of Anacapa Island, California, January 31, 2000

Animations

October 23, 2001

Aircraft Accident Report - Runway Overrun During Landing American Airlines Flight 1420, McDonnell Douglas MD-82, N215AA , Little Rock, Arkansas, June 1, 1999

Animations

August 22-23, 2000

Aviation Accident Report - TWA flight 800, Atlantic Ocean Near East Moriches, New York, July 17, 1996

Animation

July 25, 2000

Aviation Accident Report - Crash During Landing, Federal Express, Inc., Flight 14, McDonnell Douglas MD-11, N611FE, Newark International Airport, Newark, New Jersey, July 31, 1997. 

Animation

November 2, 1999

Aviation Accident Report - USAir Flight 427 accident near Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, September 8, 1994

Animation

July 25, 1999

Aviation Accident Report - Controlled flight into terrain, Korean Air Flight 801, Boeing 747-300, HL7468, Nimitz Hill, Guam, August 6, 1997

Animation

August 27, 1998

Aviation Accident Report - In-flight Icing Encounter and Uncontrolled Collision with Terrain, COMAIR Flight 3272, Embraer EMB-120RT, N265CA, Monroe, Michigan, January 9, 1997

Animation

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Date

Topic

Related Information

May 5 , 1998

Highway/Hazardous Material Summary Report - Collision and Fire of Tractor/Cargo Tank Semitrailer and Passenger Vehicle, Yonkers, New York, October 9, 1997

Animations

 HIGHWAY

Date

Topic

Related Information

​July 14, 2015

​Highway Accident Report - Truck-Tractor Double Trailer Median Crossover Collision With Motorcoach and Postcrash Fire on Interstate 5, Orland, California, April 10, 2014

Animation

December 5, 2013

Highway Accident Report - Railroad grade crossing collision, Midland, TX, November 15, 2012

Animation

​July 23, 2013

​Highway Accident Report - School bus and truck crash, Chesterfield, NJ, February 16, 2012

Accident Animation 

Lap & Shoulder Belt Animation

Lap Belt Animation

December 11, 2012

Highway Accident Report - Collision between an Amtrak Passenger Train and a Tractor trailer at Grade Crossing, Miriam, NV, June 24, 2011

Animation

July 31, 2012

Highway Accident Report - Motorcoach Roadway Departure and Overturn on Interstate 95, Doswell, VA, May 31, 2011

Animation

June 5, 2012

Highway Accident Report - Motorcoach Run-Off-the-Road and Collision With Vertical Highway Signpost Interstate 95 Southbound, New York City, New York, March 12, 2011

Animation

September 13, 2011

Highway Accident Report - Truck-tractor Semitrailer Median Crossover Collision with 15-Passengar Van, Munfordville, KY, March 26, 2010

Animation

December 8, 2009

Highway Accident Report - Motorcoach Rollover on U.S. Highway 59, Near Victoria, Texas, January 2, 2008 (HWY-08-MH-011)

Animation

April 21, 2009

Highway Accident Report - Single-Vehicle Accident, Motorcoach Run- Off-the-Road and Rollover, U.S. Route 163, Mexican Hat, Utah, January 6, 2008 (HWY-08-MH-012)

Animations

November 13-14, 2008

Highway Accident Report - Collapse of I-35W Highway Bridge, Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 1, 2007 (HWY-07-MH-024)

Animations

September 16, 2008

Highway Accident Report - Truck -Tractor Semitrailer Rollover and Motorcoach collision With Overturned Truck, Interstate Highway 94, Near Osseo, Wisconsin, October 16, 2005

Animation

July 8, 2008

Highway Accident Report - Motorcoach Override of Elevated Exit Ramp, Interstate 75, Atlanta, Georgia, March 2, 2007

Animation

April 18, 2006

Highway Accident Report - Multivehicle Collision on Interstate 90, Hampshire-Marengo Toll Plaza, Near Hampshire, Illinois, October 1, 2003 

Animation

February 7, 2006

Highway Accident Report - Collision Between a Ford Dump Truck and Four Passenger Cars, Glen Rock, Pennsylvania, April 11, 2003 

Animation

July 12, 2005

Highway Accident Report - Motorcoach Median Crossover and Collision with Sport Utility Vehicle, Hewitt, Texas, February 14, 2003.

Simulations

June 22, 2004

Highway Accident Report - Motorcoach Run-Off-The-Road and Rollover Accident, Victor, New York, June 23, 2002.

Animations

April 7, 2004

Highway Accident Report - 15-passenger child care van run-off-road accident that occurred on April 4, 2002, in Memphis, Tennessee.

Animations

February 10, 2004

Highway Accident Report - School Bus Run-Off-Bridge Accident, Omaha, Nebraska, October 13, 2001.

Animations

July 15, 2003

Highway Accident Report - 15 Passenger Van Single-Vehicle Rollover Accidents, Henrietta, Texas, May 8, 2001, and Randleman, North Carolina, July 1, 2001

Animations

June 3, 2003

Highway Accident Report - Ford Explorer Sport Collision with Ford Windstar and Jeep Grand Cherokee on Interstate 95/495 near Largo, Maryland, on February 1, 2002

Animations

December 17, 2002

Highway Accident Brief - Motorcoach Run-off-the-Road, near Canon City, Colorado, on December 21, 1999

Animations

September 4, 2002

Highway Accident Report - Collision Between Truck-Tractor Semitrailer and School Bus near Mountainburg, Arkansas, on May 31, 2001

Animations

July 23, 2002

Highway Accident Report - Collision Between Amtrak Train 97 and Molnar Worldwide Heavy Haul Company Tractor-Trailer Combination Vehicle at Highway-Rail Grade Crossing in Intercession City, Florida, on November 17, 2000

Animations

December 11, 2001

Highway Accident Report - Collision of CSX Freight Train and Murray County School District School Bus at Railroad/Highway Grade Crossing in Conasauga, Tennessee, on March 28, 2000

Animations

November 27, 2001

Highway Accident Report - Collision Between Metrolink Train 901 and Mercury Transportation, Inc., Tractor-Semitrailer at Highway-Railroad Grade Crossing in Glendale, California, on January 28, 2000

Animations

August 28, 2001

Highway Accident Report - Motorcoach Run-Off-the-Road Accident, New Orleans, Louisiana, on May 9, 1999

Animations

May 1, 2001

Special Investigation Report - Rear-End Collision Prevention Technologies

Animations

November 14, 2000

Highway Accident Report - School Bus and Dump Truck Collision, Central Bridge, New York, on October 21, 1999.

Animations

May 17, 2000

Special Investigation Report - Truck Parking Areas. 

Animation

January 5, 2000

Highway Accident Report - Greyhound Motorcoach Run-Off-the-Road Accident, Burnt Cabins, Pennyslvania, June 20, 1998. 

Animation

September 21, 1999

Highway Special Investigation Report - Bus Crashworthiness 

Simulations

July 21, 1999

Railroad/Highway Accident Report - Collision of Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District train 102 with a tractor-trailer, June 18, 1998, Portage, Indiana

Animations

January 12, 1999

Highway Special Investigation Report - Selective Motorcoach Issues

Animations

May 5, 1998

Highway/Hazardous Material Summary Report - Collision and Fire of Tractor/Cargo Tank Semitrailer and Passenger Vehicle, Yonkers, New York, October 9, 1997

Animations

MARINE

 

 
 

 

 
 

Date

Topic

Related Information

​June 9, 2015

Marine Accident Report - Collision between Bulk Carrier Summer Wind and the Miss Susan Tow, March 22, 2014

​Animation

September 9, 2012

Track Path Animation - Collision Involving the Tankship Elka Apollon and the Containership MSC Nederland Houston Ship Channel

Animation

September 27, 2011

Marine Accident Report - Collision of Tankship Eagle Otome with Cargo Vessel Gull Arrow and subsequent collision with the Dixie Vengeance towboat in the Sabine-Neches Canal in Port Arthur, Texas, January 23, 2010

Animations

June 21, 2011

Marine Accident Report - Collision between barge and DUKW boat, Delaware River, Philadelphia, PA, July 7, 2010

Animations

February 18, 2009

Marine Accident Report - Allision of Hong Kong-Registered Containership M/V Cosco Busan with the Delta Tower of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, San Francisco, California, November 7, 2007

Animations

January 10, 2008

Marine Accident Report - Heeling Accident on M/V Crown Princess, Atlantic Ocean Off Port Canaveral, Florida, July 18, 2006

Animations

June 14, 2007

Marine Accident Report - Fire Aboard Construction Barge Athena 106, West Cote Blanche Bay, Louisiana, October 12, 2006

Animation

May 31, 2000

Marine Accident Report - Ramming of the Eads Bridge by Barges in Tow of the M/V Anne Holly with Subsequent Ramming and near breakaway of the President of the Casino on the Admiral, St. Louis, Missouri, on April 4, 1998. 

Animation

RAIL

Date

Topic

Related Information

​April 29, 2015

Board Meeting -   Chicago Transit Authority Train Collides with Bumping Post and Escalator at O’Hare Station on March 24, 2014 in Chicago, IL.

Animation

November 6, 2013

Investigative Hearing: - Two Metro-North rail accidents: Bridgeport train derailment on May 17, 2013 and West Haven collision death of Metro-North track foreman on May 28, 2013

Animation

February 26, 2013

Investigative Hearing: - Collision Involving Two Freight Trains near Goodwell, OK., June 24, 2012

Animation

December 11, 2012

Board Meeting: Miriam, NV Collision between an Amtrak Passenger Train and a Tractor trailer at Grade Crossing

Animation

April 24, 2012

Railroad Accident Report - Collision Between Two BNSF Railway Freight Trains, Red Oak, Iowa, April 17, 2011

Animation

July 27, 2010

Railroad Accident Report - Collision of Two Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Metrorail Trains Near Fort Totten Station, Washington, D.C., June 22, 2009 (DCA-09-MR-007)

Animation

January 21, 2010

Railroad Accident Report — Collision of Metrolink Train 111 with Union Pacific Freight Train LOF62-12, Chatsworth, California, September 12, 2008. (DCA-08-MR-009)

Animation

March 3-4, 2009

Public Hearing - Collision of Southern California Regional Rail Authority (Metrolink) Passenger Train No. 111 and Union Pacific Railroad Freight Train No. LOF65-12, Chatsworth, California, September 12, 2008

Animation

October 17, 2006

Railroad Accident Brief - Derailment of Amtrak Passenger Train No. 27, Home Valley, Washington, April 3, 2005

Animations

July 26, 2005

Railroad Accident Report - Derailment of Amtrak Train No. 58, City of New Orleans, near Flora, Mississippi, April 6, 2004.

Animation

February 5, 2002

Railroad Accident Report - Collision of Amtrak Train 59 with a Loaded Truck Tractor-Semitrailer Combination at a Highway/Rail Grade Crossing in Bourbonnais, Illinois, March 15, 1999

Animations

July 21, 1999

Railroad/Highway Accident Report - Collision of Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District train 102 with a tractor-trailer, June 18, 1998, Portage, Indiana

Animations

MOST WANTED

Date

Topic

Related Information

November 8, 2007

Most Wanted Transportation Safety Improvements - November 2007 Progress Report and Update on Federal Issues

Animations

November 14, 2006

Most Wanted Safety Recommendations Program - November 2006 Update on Federal Issues

Animations

November 15, 2005

Most Wanted Safety Recommendations Program - 2005 Update on Federal Issues.

Animation

November 9, 2004

Most Wanted Safety Recommendations Program - November 2004 Updates on Federal Issues.

LAX Animation

SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS & SAFETY STUDIES

Date

Topic

Related Information

May 22, 2012

Safety Study - The Safety of Experimental Amateur-Built Aircraft Onboard Data Recording

Animation

June 13, 2000

Safety Recommendations - To the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to prevent Runway Incursions. 

Animations

July 21, 1998

Safety Study - Safety at Passive Grade Crossings

Animations


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