National Transportation Safety Board

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federal agency of the United States independent government agency

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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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
National Transportation Safety Board canonical	29
NTSB	2
Civil Aeronautics Board (accident investigation functions)	1
NTSB Board Members	1
NTSB Office of the Managing Director	1
National Transportation Safety Board (accident investigation)	1
Office of Aviation Safety	1
Office of Railroad, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Investigations	1
organization of National Transportation Safety Board	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (38)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ

United States Mission to the International Civil Aviation Organization → collaboratesWith → 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 ⓘ