# Fatal NTSB investigations: S N I A S AS-350B ECUREUIL

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 LAX02FA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02FA114.md): Eurocopter AS-350B · Susanville, CA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 21, 2002 · N1184H · Substantial damage
  > Failure of the pilot to maintain sufficient altitude/clearance above the water while performing a low altitude flight. Factors relating to the accident were the glassy water condition, and a lack of visual cues concerning perception of altitude.
- [NTSB LAX92FA388](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92FA388.md): Aerospatiale AS-350B · Hana, HI · Accident · 7 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 16, 1992 · N350SM · Destroyed
  > The pilot inadequately evaluating the enroute weather conditions, and the pilot making the inflight decision to continue VFR flight into adverse weather conditions. Factors in this accident were the inability of the pilot to see and avoid the mountainous…
- [NTSB ANC89FA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC89FA092.md): Aerospatiale AS350B · Puntilla Lake, AK · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 15, 1989 · N160EH · Destroyed
  > The pilot continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) and failed to maintain sufficient altitude to clear the mountainous terrain. The weather and terrain conditions were contributing factors.

## 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.aircraft_model_code IN ('8680801'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?fatal=1&model=8680801

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