# NTSB investigations: Turbomeca ARTOUSTEIIIB, CA

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 WPR10LA452](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA452.md): Aerospatiale SA315 · Winters, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 7, 2010 · N17285 · Substantial damage
  > A loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination of the airframe and engine did not reveal any anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.
- [NTSB LAX98TA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98TA278.md): Aerospatiale SA316B · Porterville, CA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Aug 27, 1998 · N605RA · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain adequate in-flight clearance between the bucket and trees resulting in the entanglement/separation of the long line and subsequent impact with and separation of the tail rotor assembly. A factor was the trees.
- [NTSB LAX94LA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA017.md): Aerospatiale SA-315 · Beckwourth, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 18, 1993 · N49511 · Substantial damage
  > was the worn collective servo causing a hydraulic lock and not allowing the pilot to lower the collective. This condition caused the main rotor blades rpm to decay.
- [NTSB LAX82FA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FA117.md): Aerospatiale SA316B · Near Brideport, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 22, 1982 · N9829C · Destroyed
  > After taking off in a mountainous area, the pilot began climbing in up-currents on the side of a canyon. While following a ridge at about 100 ft AGL (11,000 ft MSL), he heard a loud noise that was followed by a shudder and vibrations. The helicopter began…

## 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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'CA' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  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&state=CA

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.