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US Adventure Aviation Operators vs. NTSB Federal Accident Records (2026) Sector-level matching of 4,278 US adventure aviation operators — air tours, balloon rides, and skydiving — against the NTSB permanent federal accident record (49 CFR Part 830 mandatory filings). 1,932 accident records matched, including 448 fatal accidents. Key finding: the mandatory federal disclosure regime produces a complete safety record, but consumers booking these experiences have no practical… See the full description on the dataset page: https://huggingface.co/datasets/shawnzreports/us-adventure-aviation-ntsb-2026.

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US Adventure Aviation Operators vs. NTSB Federal Accident Records (2026)

Sector-level matching of 4,278 US adventure aviation operators — air tours, balloon rides, and skydiving — against the NTSB permanent federal accident record (49 CFR Part 830 mandatory filings). 1,932 accident records matched, including 448 fatal accidents.

Key finding: the mandatory federal disclosure regime produces a complete safety record, but consumers booking these experiences have no practical pre-purchase access to it. No major booking platform incorporates accident history into operator listings.

Published by the zReports Research Institute. Every statistic is traceable to its originating public record.

—Working paper: https://osf.io/preprints/lawarxiv/sxn3a (WP-2026-04)
—Research Institute: https://zreports.org/research
—Related dataset (NM balloon operators): https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21631893
—Harvard Dataverse: https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/3XHUBN
—ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5971-8361

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