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AAR-99/01 [Abstract] Uncontrolled Descent and Collision With Terrain, USAir Flight 427, Boeing 737-300, N513AU, Near Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, September 8, 1994
ARG-99/01 [Abstract] Annual Review of Aircraft Accident Data - U.S. General Aviation, Calendar Year 1996
AAR-98/04 [Abstract] In-Flight Icing Encounter and Uncontrolled Collision with Terrain, COMAIR Flight 3272, Embraer EMB-120RT, N265CA, Monroe, Michigan, January 9, 1997
AAR-98/03 [Abstract] In-Flight Fire/Emergency Landing, Federal Express Flight 1406, Douglas DC-10-10, N68055, Newburgh, New York, September 5, 1996
AAR-98/02 [Abstract] Uncontrolled Impact with Terrain Fine Airlines Flight 101 Douglas DC-8-61, N27UA Miami, Florida August 7, 1997
AAR-98/01 [Abstract] Uncontained Engine Failure Delta Air Lines Flight 1288 McDonnell Douglas MD-88, N927DA Pensacola, Florida July 6, 1996 
AAR-97/06 [Abstract] Aircraft Accident Report In-Flight Fire and Impact With Terrain Valujet Airlines Flight 592 DC-9-32, N904VJ Everglades, Near Miami, Florida May 11, 1996 
AAR-97/05 [Abstract] Aircraft Accident Report Uncontrolled Flight Into Terrain ABX Air (Airborne Express) Douglas DC-8-63, N827AX Narrows, Virginia December 22, 1996 
AAR-97/04 [Abstract] Aircraft Accident Report Runway Collision United Express Flight 5925 and Beechcraft King Air A90 Quincy Municipal Airport Quincy, IL November 19, 1996 
AAR-97/03 [Abstract] Aircraft Accident Report Descent Below Visual Glidepath and Collision with Terrain Delta Air Lines Flight 554 McDonnell Douglas MD-88, N914DL LaGuardia, New York October 19, 1996 
AAR-97/02 [Abstract] Aircraft Accident Report In-Flight Loss of Control and Subsequent Collision with Terrain CESSNA 177B, N35207 Cheyenne, Wyoming April 11, 1996 
AAR-97/01 [Abstract] Aircraft Accident Report Wheels-Up Landing Continental Airlines Flight 1943 Douglas DC-9 N10556 Houston, Texas February 19, 1996 
AAR-96/07 [Abstract] Aircraft Accident Report Ground Spoiler Activation In Flight/Hard Landing Valujet Airlines Flight 558 Douglas DC-9-32, N922VV Nashville, Tennessee January 7, 1996 
AAR-96/06 [Abstract] In-flight Loss of Propeller Blade Forced Landing, and Collision with Terrain Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Inc., Flight 529 Embraer EMB-120RT, N256AS Carrollton, Georgia, August 21, 1995 
AAR-96/05 [Abstract] Aircraft Accident Report Collision with Trees on Final Approach McDonnell Douglas MD-83, N566AA East Granby, Connecticut November 12, 1995 
AAR-96/04 [Abstract] Runway Departure During Attempted Takeoff Tower Air Flight 41 Boeing 747-136, N605FF JFK International Airport, New York December 20, 1995 
AAR-96/03 [Abstract] Uncontained Engine Failure/Fire Valujet Airlines Flight 597 Douglas DC-9-31, N908VJ Atlanta, Georgia June 8, 1995 
AAR-96/02 [Abstract] In-flight Icing Encounter and Loss of Control Simmons Airlines, d.b.a. American Eagle Flight 4184 Avions de Transport Regional (ATR) Model 72-212, N401AM Roselawn, Indiana October 31, 1994 Volume II: Response of Bureau Enquetes 
AAR-96/01 [Abstract] In-flight Icing Encounter and Loss of Control Simmons Airlines, d.b.a. American Eagle Flight 4184 Avions de Transport Regional (ATR) Model 72-212, N401AM Roselawn, Indiana October 31, 1994 Volume I: Safety Board Report 
ARC-96/01 [Abstract] Annual Review of Aviation Accident Data - U.S. Air Carrier Operations, Calendar Year 1994 
ARC-98/01 [Abstract] Annual Review of Aircraft Accident Data - U.S. Air Carrier Operations, Calendar Year 1995
ARG-98/01 [Abstract] Annual Review of Aviation Accident Data - U.S. General Aviation, Calendar Year 1995

HAR-98/02/SUM [Abstract] Collision of Tractor/Cargo Tank Semitrailer and Passenger Vehicle and Subsequent Fire, Yonkers, New York, October 9, 1997
HAR-98/01 [Abstract] Multiple Vehicle Crossover Accident, Slinger, Wisconsin, February 12, 1997
HAR-98/01/SUM [Abstract] Normandy, Missouri Bus Collision with Pedestrians June 11, 1997 
HAR-97/02/SUM [Abstract] Truck Loss of Braking Control on Steep Downgrade and Collision with a Vehicle Near Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania on April 25, 1996
HAR-97/01/SUM [Abstract] Collision with a Pedestrian by a Utility Truck Near Cosmopolis, Washington on November 26, 1996
HAR-96/02 [Abstract] Highway/Railroad Accident Report Collision of Northeast (METRA) Train and Transportation Joint Agreement School District 47/155 School Bus at Railroad/ Highway Grade Crossing in Fox River Grove, Illinois on October 25, 1995 
HAR-96/01 [Abstract] Highway/Rail Grade Crossing Collision near Sycamore, South Carolina May 2, 1996

HZB-98/04 [Text] Tank car failure and release of corrosive and poisonous liquid, Memphis, Tennessee, April 2, 1997 
HZB-98/03 [Text] Tank car structural failure with the release and ignition of propane, Selkirk, New York, March 6, 1996
HZB-98/02 [Text] Tank car failure and release of flammable and toxic liquid, Sweetwater, Tennessee, February 7, 1996
HZB-98/01 [Text] Tank car failure and release of poisonous and corrosive vapors, Gaylord Chemical Corporation, Bogalusa, Louisiana, October 23, 1995

HZM-98/01/SUM [Abstract] Failure of Tank Car TEAX 3417 and Subsequent Release of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, Pasadena, Texas, November 22, 1997

MAB-98/02 [Text] Capsizing of U.S. Fishing Vessel Evanick, near Kodiak, Alaska, April 25, 1998 
MAB-98/01 [Text] Fire aboard the passenger ship Vistafjord, near Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas, April 6, 1997

MAR-98/03 [Abstract] Fire Aboard the Tug Scandia and the Subsequent Grounding of the Tug and the Tank Barge North Cape on Moonstone Beach, South Kingston, Rhode Island, January 19, 1996
MAR-98/02 [Abstract] Fire on Board the Panamanian Passenger Ship UNIVERSE EXPLORER in the Lynn Canal Near Juneau, Alaska, July 27, 1996
MAR-98/01 [Abstract] Marine Accident Report Allision of the Liberian Freighter BRIGHT FIELD with the Poydras Street Wharf, Riverwalk Marketplace and New Orleans Hilton Hotel in New Orleans Louisiana December 14, 1996 
MAR-97/02 [Abstract] Marine Accident Report Grounding of the Liberian Passenger Ship STAR PRINCESS on Poundstone Rock, Lynn Canal, Alaska June 23, 1995 
MAR-97/01 [Abstract] Marine Accident Report Grounding of the Panamanian Passenger Ship ROYAL MAJESTY on Rose and Crown Shoal near Nantucket, Massachusetts June 10, 1995 
MAR-97/01/SUM [Abstract] Marine Accident/Incident Summary Report Near Grounding of the Liberian Tank Ship PATRIOT BAY of Compeche, Mexico October 15, 1995 
MAR-96/01 [Abstract] Fire On Board the U.S. Fishing Vessel ALASKA SPIRIT, Seward, Alaska May 27, 1995 
MAR-96/01/SUM [Abstract]Marine Accident/Incident Summary Report Capsizing of Questar Motorboat and Drowining of Operator South of Shelter Island Near Juneau, Alaska August 21, 1994

MBR-96/01 [Abstract] Marine Accident Brief Report Fire on Board the U.S. MODU ROWAN ODESSA Gulf of Mexico, December 1, 1994

PAB-99/03 [Text] Hazardous Liquid Petroleum Products Overpressure Rupture, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, November 5, 1996
PAB-99/02 [Text] Pipeline Rupture and Fire, Indianapolis, Indiana, July 21, 1997
PAB-98/01 [Text] Release of hazardous liquid near Gramercy, Louisiana, May 23, 1996
PAB-99/01 [Text] Pipe failure and leak, Morgan Falls Landfill, Sandy Springs, Georgia, March 30, 1998

PAR-98/02/SUM [Abstract]Pipeline Rupture, Liquid Butane Release, and Fire, Lively, Texas, August 24, 1996
PAR-98/01 [Abstract] Pipeline Rupture and Release of Fuel Oil into the Reedy River at Fork Shoals, South Carolina, June 26, 1996
PAR-98/01/SUM [Abstract] Natural Gas Pipeline Rupture and Fire During Dredging of Tiger Pass, Louisiana, October 23, 1996
PAR-97/01 [Abstract] San Juan Gas Company, Inc./Enron Corp. Propane Gas Explosion in San Juan, Puerto Rico on November 21, 1996 
PAR-96/01 [Abstract] UGI Utilities, Inc., Natural Gas Distribution Pipeline Explosion and Fire Allentown, Pennsylvania June 9, 1994

RAB-98/25 [Text] Collision, Central Kansas Railway, Geneseo, Kansas, July 16, 1998
RAB-98/24 [Text] Derailment, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Boston, Massachusetts, May 4, 1998
RAB-98/23 [Text] Rear-end Collision/Derailment, Conrail, Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, September 29, 1997
RAB-98/22 [Text] Grade Crossing/Derailment, Dallas Area Rapid Transit, Dallas, Texas, June 3, 1997 
RAB-98/21 [Text] Derailment, Norfolk Southern Railway Company, Gainesville, Virginia, May 2, 1997
RAB-98/20 [Text] Employee Fatality, Southeastern Pennsylvania Tranportation Authority, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 24, 1997 
RAB-98/19 [Text] Derailment, Consolidated Rail Corporation, Sandusky, Ohio, April 21, 1997
RAB-98/18 [Text] Employee Fatality, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Ruggles Street Station, Boston, Massachusetts, January 30, 1997 
RAB-98/17 [Text] Derailment, National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Union Pacific Railroad Company, Granite, Wyoming, January 13, 1997 
RAB-98/16 [Text] Derailment, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Thermopolis, Wyoming, January 11, 1997
RAB-98/15 [Text] Employee Fatality, National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Secaucus, New Jersey, November 27, 1996 
RAB-98/14 [Text] Rear-end Collision, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Beaumont, California, August 30, 1996 
RAB-98/13 [Text] Head-on Collision, Trains Q317-19 and Q316-18, CSXT Railroad, Smithfield, West Virginia, August 20, 1996 
RAB-98/12 [Text] Employee Fatality, Consolidated Rail Corporation, Lyons, New York, June 29, 1996
RAB-98/11 [Text] Derailment, Montana Rail Link, Noxon, Montana, June 2, 1996 
RAB-98/10 [Text] Collision/Derailment, Gateway Western Railway, Pleasant Hill, Illinois, May 12, 1996
RAB-98/09 [Text] Light-Rail Vehicle Rear-End Collision, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 11, 1996 
RAB-98/08 [Text] Derailment and Hazardous Materials Release, Southern Pacific Lines, Tennessee Pass, Colorado, February 21, 1996 
RAB-98/07 [Text] Derailment and Hazardous Materials Release with Fatality, Montana Rail Link, Alberton, Montana, April 11, 1996 
RAB-98/06 [Text] Head-on Collision, Union Pacific Railroad, Nacco, Wyoming, January 31, 1996
RAB-98/05 [Text] Collision, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Wakefield, Massachusetts, January 16, 1996 
RAB-98/04 [Text] Derailment, Norfolk Southern, Ellett, Virginia, January 7, 1996 
RAB-98/03 [Text] Rear-end Collision, Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad, Branson Scenic Railroad, Branson, Missouri, May 14, 1997 
RAB-98/02 [Text] Rear-end Collision, Union Pacific Railroad Company, Odem, Texas, February 21, 1997
RAB-98/01 [Text] Derailment, Apache Railway Company, Holbrook, Arizona, January 27, 1997

RAR-98/03 [Abstract] Derailment of Amtrak Train 4, Southwest Chief,on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Near Kingman, Arizona, August 9, 1997
RAR-98/02 [Abstract] Collision and Derailment of Union Pacific Railroad Freight Trains 5981 North and 9186 South in Devine, Texas, on June 22, 1997
RAR-98/01 [Abstract] Derailment of Union Pacific Railroad Unit Freight Train 6205 West Near Kelso, California January 12, 1997
RAR-97/02 [Abstract] Collision and Derailment of Maryland Rail Commuter MARC Train 286 and National Railroad Passenger Corporation AMTRAK Train 29 Near Silver Spring, MD February 16, 1996 
RAR-97/01 [Abstract] Railroad Accident Report Near Head-on Collision and Derailment of Two New Jersey Transit Commuter Trains Near Seacaucus, New Jersey February 9, 1996 
RAR-96/05 [Abstract] Railroad Accident Report Derailment of Freight Train H-BALTI-31 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company near Cajon Junction, California February 1, 1996 
RAR-96/04 [Abstract] Railroad Accident Report Collision of Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Train T-111 with Standing Train at Shady Grove Passenger Station, Gaithersburg, Maryland January 6, 1996 
RAR-96/03 [Abstract] Railroad Accident Report Collision Involving Two New York City Subway Trains on the Williamsburg Bridge in Brooklyn, New York June 5, 1995 
RAR-96/02 [Abstract] Derailment of Amtrak Train 49 On Conrail Trackage Near Batavia, New York on August 3, 1994 
RAR-96/01 [Abstract] Collision and Derailment of Two Subway Trains Metropolitan Transportation Authority New York City Transit in Brooklyn, New York, on February 9, 1995

RP-97/01 [Abstract] Proceedings of the National Transportation Safety Board Public Forum on Air Bags and Child Passenger Safety 

SIR-99/01 [Abstract] Selective Motorcoach Issues
SIR-98/03 [Abstract] Transit Bus Safety Oversight
SIR-98/02 [Abstract] Postaccident Testing for Alcohol and Other Drugs in the Marine Industry and the Ramming of the Portland-South Portland (Million Dollar) Bridge at Portland, Maine, by the Liberian Tankship Julie N on September 27, 1996

SIR-98/01 [Abstract] Brittle-Like Cracking in Plastic Pipe for Gas Service
SIR-97/01 [Abstract] Derailment of Amtrak Train No. 12 and Sideswipe of Amtrak Train No. 79 on Portal Bridge Near Secaucus, New Jersey November 23, 1996 
SIR-96/05 [Abstract] Steam Locomotive Firebox Explosion on the Gettysburg Railroad Near Gardners, Pennsylvania June 16, 1995
SIR-96/04 [Abstract] Evaluation of Pipeline Failures During Flooding and of Spill Response Actions, San Jacinto River Near Houston, Texas October 1994 
SIR-96/03 [Abstract] Robinson Helicopter Company R22 Loss of Main Rotor Control Accidents 
SIR-96/02 [Abstract] Evaluation of Accident Data and Federal Oversight of Petroleum Product Pipelines 
SIR-96/01 [Abstract] Air Traffic Control Equipment Outages

SPC-99/01 [Abstract] 1996 Annual Report to Congress

SR-98/01   [Abstract] We Are All Safer

SS-98/02 [Abstract] Safety at Passive Grade Crossings Volume 1: Analysis 
SS-98/03 [Abstract] Safety at Passive Grade Crossings Volume 2: Case Summaries
SS-98/01 [Abstract] Safety Study: Personal Watercraft Safety
SS-97/01 [Abstract] Safety Study: Protecting Public Safety Through Excavation Damage Prevention 
SS-96/01 [Abstract] Safety Study: The Performance and Use of Child Restraint Systems, Seatbelts, and Air Bags for Children in Passenger Vehicles Volume 1: Analysis