# NTSB investigations: Bell 47D1, TN

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 ATL89DLT03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89DLT03.md): Bell 47 · Shelbyville, TN · Accident · No injuries · Final report · May 12, 1989 · N908B · Substantial damage
  > Failure in the rotor drive system for unknown reasons. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's inability to perform an autorotation.
- [NTSB ATL82DA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82DA150.md): Bell 47D1 · Blountville, TN · Accident · No injuries · Final report · May 29, 1982 · N10065 · Substantial damage
  > The aircraft lost power at 100 feet above ground level. An autorotation was attempted to a highway. The hard landing resulted in the main rotor severing the tail.
- [NTSB MIA70F0074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA70F0074.md): Bell 47D1 · Pigeon Forge, TN · Accident · Minor injuries · Closed · Jul 17, 1969 · N2794A · Substantial damage

## 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" = 'TN' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('1180802'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=1180802&state=TN

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