National Transportation Safety Board

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The National Transportation Safety Board is an independent U.S. government agency responsible for investigating civil transportation accidents and issuing safety recommendations across aviation, highway, marine, rail, and pipeline sectors.

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instanceOf federal agency of the United States ⓘ
independent government agency ⓘ
abbreviation National Transportation Safety Board self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: NTSB
boardMembersAppointedBy President of the United States ⓘ
boardMembersConfirmedBy United States Senate ⓘ
chairpersonAppointedBy President of the United States ⓘ
collaboratesWith Federal Aviation Administration ⓘ
Federal Railroad Administration ⓘ
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ⓘ
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration ⓘ
United States Coast Guard ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
doesNotHaveRegulatoryAuthority transportation manufacturers ⓘ
transportation operators ⓘ
employs human factors specialists ⓘ
safety engineers ⓘ
transportation accident investigators ⓘ
transportation safety analysts ⓘ
formedAs independent agency in 1967 ⓘ
governingBody five-member Board ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver civil aviation accidents in the United States ⓘ
major highway accidents in the United States ⓘ
major marine accidents in the United States ⓘ
major rail accidents in the United States ⓘ
pipeline accidents in the United States ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
inception 1967 ⓘ
independenceFrom United States Department of Transportation ⓘ
isPartOf U.S. transportation safety system ⓘ
jurisdiction United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
legalBasis Independent Safety Board Act of 1974 ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity District of Columbia ⓘ
motto Independent. Objective. Trusted. ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
oversees National Transportation Safety Board self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Office of Aviation Safety

Office of Highway Safety ⓘ
Office of Marine Safety ⓘ
National Transportation Safety Board self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Office of Railroad, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Investigations

Office of Research and Development ⓘ
surface form: Office of Research and Engineering

Office of Transportation Disaster Assistance ⓘ
parentOrganization United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
predecessor National Transportation Safety Board self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Civil Aeronautics Board (accident investigation functions)
publishes Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements ⓘ
accident reports ⓘ
safety recommendations ⓘ
reportsTo United States Congress ⓘ
responsibleFor assisting foreign accident investigation authorities when U.S. interests are involved ⓘ
investigation of civil transportation accidents ⓘ
issuing transportation safety recommendations ⓘ
maintaining the U.S. civil aviation accident database ⓘ
uses Go Teams for major accident investigations ⓘ
website https://www.ntsb.gov ⓘ

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Federal Aviation Administration → cooperatesWith → National Transportation Safety Board ⓘ
2009 Red Line collision → investigatedBy → National Transportation Safety Board ⓘ
2009 Red Line collision → abbreviationOfInvestigator → National Transportation Safety Board ⓘ
this entity surface form: NTSB
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration → collaboratesWith → National Transportation Safety Board ⓘ
FRA → coordinatesWith → National Transportation Safety Board ⓘ
subject surface form: Federal Railroad Administration
National Airspace System governance → involvesAgency → National Transportation Safety Board ⓘ
National Transportation Safety Board → abbreviation → National Transportation Safety Board self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NTSB
National Transportation Safety Board → predecessor → National Transportation Safety Board self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Civil Aeronautics Board (accident investigation functions)
National Transportation Safety Board → oversees → National Transportation Safety Board self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Office of Aviation Safety
National Transportation Safety Board → oversees → National Transportation Safety Board self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Office of Railroad, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Investigations
Tri-State Oversight Committee → collaboratedWith → National Transportation Safety Board ⓘ
US Airways Flight 1549 → investigatingAgency → National Transportation Safety Board ⓘ
Alaska Airlines Flight 261 → investigatedBy → National Transportation Safety Board ⓘ
Independent Safety Board Act of 1974 → established → National Transportation Safety Board ⓘ
Independent Safety Board Act of 1974 → agencyCreated → National Transportation Safety Board ⓘ
Independent Safety Board Act of 1974 → assignedFunctionTo → National Transportation Safety Board ⓘ
Independent Safety Board Act of 1974 → regulates → National Transportation Safety Board ⓘ
this entity surface form: organization of National Transportation Safety Board
Independent Safety Board Act of 1974 → enforcedBy → National Transportation Safety Board ⓘ
Independent Safety Board Act of 1974 → relatedTo → National Transportation Safety Board ⓘ
Office of Highway Safety → partOf → National Transportation Safety Board ⓘ
Office of Highway Safety → parentOrganization → National Transportation Safety Board ⓘ
Office of Highway Safety → subordinateTo → National Transportation Safety Board ⓘ
this entity surface form: NTSB Office of the Managing Director
Office of Marine Safety → partOf → National Transportation Safety Board ⓘ
Office of Marine Safety → parentOrganization → National Transportation Safety Board ⓘ
Office of Marine Safety → reportsTo → National Transportation Safety Board ⓘ
this entity surface form: NTSB Board Members
Office of Transportation Disaster Assistance → partOf → National Transportation Safety Board ⓘ
Office of Transportation Disaster Assistance → parentAgency → National Transportation Safety Board ⓘ
Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements → issuer → National Transportation Safety Board ⓘ
Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements → publisher → National Transportation Safety Board ⓘ
Civil Aeronautics Board → successor → National Transportation Safety Board ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Transportation Safety Board (accident investigation)
2020 Calabasas helicopter crash → investigatingAgency → National Transportation Safety Board ⓘ
January 26, 2020 Calabasas helicopter crash → investigatedBy → National Transportation Safety Board ⓘ
2009 Fort Totten crash → investigatedBy → National Transportation Safety Board ⓘ
2009 Fort Totten crash → reportPublishedBy → National Transportation Safety Board ⓘ
EgyptAir Flight 990 → investigatingAgency → National Transportation Safety Board ⓘ
2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion → regulatoryBodyInvestigating → National Transportation Safety Board ⓘ
2023 East Palestine, Ohio train derailment → investigatedBy → National Transportation Safety Board ⓘ