# Fatal NTSB investigations: Turbomeca ARTOUSTEIIIB

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 DEN02GA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN02GA085.md): Aerospatiale SA315B · Estes Park, CO · Accident · 1 fatal · Final report · Jul 31, 2002 · N3978Y · Destroyed
  > the pilot's abrupt collective input during water application to a forest fire. Contributing factors were encountering a vortex ring state, the inadvertent settling with power, the low altitude, and the mountainous terrain.
- [NTSB FTW96WA310](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96WA310.md): Aerospatiale SA315B · La Peruanita, Peru · Accident · 2 fatal · Foreign investigation · Jun 30, 1996 · N32074 · Destroyed
- [NTSB DEN93FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN93FA038.md): Aerospatiale SA316B · Aspen, CO · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 1, 1993 · N3153R · Destroyed
  > Failure of the flight control lower mixing unit due to fatigue, which resulted in the loss of control.
- [NTSB DEN85FA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85FA241.md): Aerospatiale SA315B · Craig, CO · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 14, 1985 · N3836E · Destroyed
  > The helicopter was long-lining a 1280-pound air compressor to an 8500-foot MSL mountain drilling site. Witnesses heard a squealing sound and bang. They observed gray-white smoke and orange-blue flame emitting from the exhaust. The plt released the load and…
- [NTSB DEN80FA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FA052.md): Aerospatial SA315 · Meeteetse, WY · Accident · 2 fatal · Closed · Aug 1, 1980 · N47294 · Destroyed
- [NTSB SEA80FA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FA002.md): Aerospatial SA315B · Swan Valley, ID · Accident · 2 fatal · Closed · Oct 8, 1979 · N219RM · Destroyed

## 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 c."highestInjuryLevel" = 'Fatal'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.engine_model_code IN ('60003'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?engine=60003&fatal=1

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