# NTSB investigations: Turbomeca ARRIEL series

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 WPR26FA345](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26FA345.md): Eurocopter AS 350 B2 · Chatsworth, CA · Accident · 3 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Preliminary report · Sep 16, 2026 · N358TV · Destroyed
  > On September 15, 2026, about 1855 Pacific daylight time, an Airbus Helicopters (formerly Eurocopter) AS-350 B2 helicopter, N358TV, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Chatsworth, California. The pilot, passenger and one person on the ground…
- [NTSB ERA23LA369](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA369.md): Eurocopter Deutschland EC135T2 · Fargo, GA · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Sep 13, 2023 · N273AM · Substantial damage
  > The separation of the outer span of a tail rotor blade during flight as a result of localized intergranular corrosion due to a diminished protective coating at a critical location on the tail rotor blade surface that, combined with cyclic loading, resulted in…
- [NTSB ERA14TA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14TA096.md): Eurocopter AS350B3 · Houlton, ME · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jan 18, 2014 · N578AE · Substantial damage
  > An engine compartment explosion during takeoff; the origin of the explosion could not be determined during postaccident examination due to extensive fire damage.
- [NTSB ERA09LA464](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA464.md): Eurocopter Deutschland EC-145 · North Captiva Island, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 17, 2009 · N911LZ · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to arrest the helicopter's descent, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain.
- [NTSB LAX04CA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04CA097.md): Eurocopter AS350 B3 · Mesa, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jan 20, 2004 · N970AE · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's excessive flare and mistimed collective application during a practice autorotation, which resulted in a loss of main rotor rpm and a subsequent hard landing. Also causal, was the flight instructor's delayed remedial action and inadequate…

## 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 ('60031'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?engine=60031

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