# NTSB investigations: Turbomeca ARRIEL-1SER: In flight collision with object

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 ANC06LA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06LA100.md): Eurocopter AS 350B2 · Skagway, AK · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 27, 2006 · N301TH · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance from trees while hovering, which resulted in a main rotor strike with trees, an uncontrolled descent, and a collision with terrain.
- [NTSB ANC06LA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06LA044.md): Aerospatiale AS-350BA · Haines, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 6, 2006 · N209CH · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance from an object while landing a helicopter at a remote site, which resulted in the main rotor blades striking a tree.
- [NTSB ATL06CA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06CA026.md): Eurocopter France AS-350-B2 · Jasper, AL · Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report · Dec 22, 2005 · N350ET · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain a visual look out, and proper altitude clearance during a low level flight, resulting in an in-flight collision with a power line.
- [NTSB DEN04LA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04LA033.md): Aerospatiale AS 365 N-2 · Santa Fe, NM · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 27, 2003 · N291LL · Destroyed
  > the pilot's failure to maintain lateral clearance from the hangar. A contributing factor was the gusty crosswind.
- [NTSB FTW03LA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA178.md): Aerospatiale AS350BA · Ship Shoal 80 · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 7, 2003 · N147BH · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain clearance with the safety fence while landing on an off-shore helipad.
- [NTSB LAX03LA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA027.md): Aerospatiale AS350B · Kingman, AZ · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 10, 2002 · N909WA · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's inadequate visual lookout and failure to maintain adequate clearance from transmission wires while performing low altitude operations.
- [NTSB MIA02FA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02FA161.md): Sikorsky S76A+ · Miami, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 31, 2002 · N15460 · Substantial damage
  > The flight crew's diverted attention, inadequate visual lookout, and failure to ensure adequate main rotor clearance. Factors in the accident were the continued operation, with known obstructions in the area, and the failure of the FAA to initially certify…
- [NTSB MIA02LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02LA040.md): Eurocopter AS-350-BA · Swanee, GA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 16, 2001 · N6101U · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper visual lookout while hovering the helicopter, which resulted in the helicopter's main rotor blades colliding with a light post.
- [NTSB LAX01LA304](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01LA304.md): Aerospatiale AS350BA · Chico, CA · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 23, 2001 · N911NT · Destroyed
  > the pilot's inadequate in-flight decision and delay in initiating a go-around during an encounter with brown out conditions, which led to his failure to maintain alignment of the helicopter with the intended go-around flight path and a resulting collision…

## 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."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.engine_model_code IN ('60030')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 220))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?engine=60030&occurrence=220

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