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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Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal agency of the United States → independent government agency →
abbreviation	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 →
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 federal government →
legalBasis	Independent Safety Board Act of 1974 →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	District of Columbia →
motto	Independent. Objective. Trusted. →
officialLanguage	English →
oversees	Office of Aviation Safety → Office of Highway Safety → Office of Marine Safety → Office of Railroad, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Investigations → Office of Research and Engineering → Office of Transportation Disaster Assistance →
parentOrganization	United States federal government →
predecessor	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 (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
National Transportation Safety Board ("Office of Aviation Safety") → National Transportation Safety Board ("Office of Railroad, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Investigations") →	oversees
National Transportation Safety Board ("NTSB") →	abbreviation
2009 Red Line collision ("NTSB") →	abbreviationOfInvestigator
Tri-State Oversight Committee →	collaboratedWith
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration →	collaboratesWith
Federal Aviation Administration →	cooperatesWith
Federal Railroad Administration →	coordinatesWith
2009 Red Line collision →	investigatedBy
US Airways Flight 1549 →	investigatingAgency
National Airspace System governance →	involvesAgency
National Transportation Safety Board ("Civil Aeronautics Board (accident investigation functions)") →	predecessor