# NTSB investigations: Allison 250-C47 series, 2003

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB NYC04CA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04CA049.md): Bell B407 · Morehead, KY · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Dec 21, 2003 · N508MT · Substantial damage
  > The ground personnel's failure to identify the hazardous condition. Factors were blowing snow and night conditions.
- [NTSB FTW04IA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04IA023.md): Bell 407 · Eugene Is. 27 · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Nov 16, 2003 · N405PH · Minor damage
  > The loss of engine power due to the failure of the 3rd stage turbine wheel and subsequent catastrophic failure of the turbine assembly.
- [NTSB FTW03TA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03TA156.md): Bell 407 · Franklin, LA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · May 19, 2003 · N991SP · Substantial damage
  > The loss of tail rotor effectiveness due to the inadequate maintenance performed by other company personnel.
- [NTSB FTW03FA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03FA117.md): Bell 407 · Houma, LA · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 24, 2003 · N501PH · Substantial damage
  > The loss of tail rotor drive and anti-torque control resulting from the fracture and separation of the #5 tail rotor drive segment due to the overtemperature and subsequent failure of the #5 hangar bearing.
- [NTSB FTW03FA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03FA097.md): Bell 407 · Mi 700 · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 16, 2003 · N407HH · Destroyed
  > The catastrophic failure of the engine resulting from 1st stage turbine wheel blade failure due to type 1 hot corrosion (sulfidation). Contributing factors were the pilot's failure to brief the passengers on emergency safety equipment (life raft), the pilot's…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE year(c."eventDate") = 2003
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.engine_model_code IN ('03029'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?engine=03029&year=2003

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