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Title: Transportation Safety Database
NTSB Report Number: SR--02-02, adopted on 9/11/02 [Summary | PDF Document]
NTIS Report Number: PB2002-917004
Title: Putting Children First
NTSB Report Number: SR--00-02 [Summary | PDF Document]
Title: Evaluation of U.S. Department of Transportation Efforts in the 1990s to Address Operator Fatigue
NTSB Report Number: SR--99-01, adopted on 5/11/99 [Summary | PDF Document]
NTIS Report Number: PB99-917002
Title: We Are All Safer
NTSB Report Number: SR--98-01 [Summary | PDF Document]
Title: Safety Study Personal Watercraft Safety
NTSB Report Number: SS--98-01, adopted on 5/19/98 [Summary | PDF Document]
NTIS Report Number: PB98-917002
Title: 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, September 27, 1996
NTSB Report Number: SIR-98-02, adopted on 5/5/98 [Summary | PDF Document]
NTIS Report Number: PB98-917003
Title: Accidents Involving Foreign Passenger Ships Operating from U.S. Ports 1990-1991.
NTSB Report Number: SIR-93-01, adopted on 7/6/93
NTIS Report Number: PB93-917002
Title: Recreational Boating Safety.
NTSB Report Number: SS--93-01, adopted on 4/13/93
NTIS Report Number: PB93-917001
Title: Passenger Vessels Operating from U.S. Ports.
NTSB Report Number: SS--89-01, adopted on 10/11/89
NTIS Report Number: PB89-917002
Title: Progress of State Laws on Alcohol Use in Recreational Boating.
NTSB Report Number: SR--88-01, adopted on 12/17/88
NTIS Report Number: PB88-917009
Title: Uninspected Commercial Fishing Vessel Safety.
NTSB Report Number: SS--87-02, adopted on 9/1/87
NTIS Report Number: PB87-917003
Title: Recreational Boating Safety and Alcohol.
NTSB Report Number: SS--83-02, adopted on 10/17/83
NTIS Report Number: PB83-917006
Title: Major Marine Collisions and Effects of Preventive Recommendations.
NTSB Report Number: MSS-81-01, adopted on 9/9/81
NTIS Report Number: PB82-120205
Title: Progress Toward Improvements in Marine Steering Reliability.
NTSB Report Number: SR--79-01, adopted on 9/21/79
NTIS Report Number: PB80-102148
Title: Survivor - Locator System for Distressed Vessels.
NTSB Report Number: MSS-72-03, adopted on 8/16/72
NTIS Report Number: PB-211867
Title: Analysis of the Safety of Transportation of Hazardous Materials on the Navigable Waters of the United States.
NTSB Report Number: MSS-72-02, adopted on 3/15/72
NTIS Report Number: PB-209099
Title: Collisions within the Navigable Waters of the United States - Consideration of Alternative Preventive Measures.
NTSB Report Number: MSS-72-01, adopted on 2/2/72
NTIS Report Number: PB-209622
Title: The Effectiveness of Investigations of Recreational Boating Accidents.
NTSB Report Number: MSS-71-01, adopted on 7/1/71
NTIS Report Number: PB-202156
Title: Study of Towing Safety and Accident Preventive Recommendations, August 29, 1969.
NTSB Report Number: MSS-, adopted on 8/29/69
NTIS Report Number: PB-190205
Title: Study of Recreational Boat Accidents, Boating Safety Programs, and Preventive Recommendations, February 13, 1969.
NTSB Report Number: MSS-, adopted on 2/13/69
NTIS Report Number: PB-190199
Title: Study of Collisions of Radar-Equipped Merchant Ships and Preventive Recommendations, December 18, 1968.
NTSB Report Number: MSS-, adopted on 2/18/68
NTIS Report Number: PB-190214