ASRS Database Online Tool

Welcome to the ASRS Database Online! The ASRS database is the world's largest repository of voluntary, confidential safety information provided by aviation's frontline personnel, including pilots, controllers, mechanics, flight attendants, and dispatchers. The database provides a foundation for specific products and subsequent research addressing a variety of aviation safety issues.

ASRS's database includes the narratives submitted by reporters (after they have been sanitized for identifying details). These narratives provide an exceptionally rich source of information for policy development, human factors research, education, training, and more. The database also contains coded information by expert analysts from the original report which is used for data retrieval and analyses.

Coming Soon! We will launch a new and improved version of our database search tool,
"Database Online" (DBOL) in November 2009 that will be more efficient and user-friendly.

If you are new to using ASRS data and/or the ASRS Database Online, we recommend that you take a few minutes to review the information available here.

Contains general suggestions for formulating successful searches, and specific information about using text queries in searching textual fields.

Provides 5 example searches that illustrate methodologies for conducting successful inquiries using the Database Online service.

Lists of ASRS database fields, including those available for searching, and the ASRS Decode and Encode lists.

Provides a brief discussion about the properties of ASRS data.