# NTSB investigations: Bell 47G-3B-1, AL

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 ERA15LA296](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15LA296.md): Bell 47G 3B 1 · Camden, AL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 3, 2015 · N4002G · Substantial damage
  > A failure of the helicopter's hydraulic flight control systems for reasons that could not be determined due to the fire damage, and the pilot's inability to turn off the hydraulic system to relieve control pressure.
- [NTSB ATL95LA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL95LA115.md): Bell 47G3B1 · Livingston, AL · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 20, 1995 · N101VB · Substantial damage
  > The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.
- [NTSB ATL94LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL94LA014.md): Bell 47G-3B-1 Soloy · Atmore, AL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 12, 1993 · N3078G · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate pre-flight inspection. Factors were the lack of a filter on the refueling pump which would preclude water passage, and the high trees.
- [NTSB ATL93LA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL93LA009.md): Bell 47G-3B-1 · Centre, AL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 9, 1992 · N31FG · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain main rotor RPM, which resulted in an in flight loss of control and collision with terrain.
- [NTSB ATL90LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL90LA030.md): Bell 47G-3B1 · Ewell, AL · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 25, 1989 · N1358X · Substantial damage
  > The loss of engine power, for undetermined reasons, at low altitude during a practice autorotation. Contributing to the accident was the instructor's failure to properly plan the demonstrated autorotation so as to preclude an accident, in the event that power…
- [NTSB ATL82DA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82DA179.md): Bell 47G-3B-1 · Headland, AL · Accident · Minor injuries · Final report · Jun 28, 1982 · N12437 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot was positioning the aircraft for refueling when the main rotor contacted the fuel meter. There was substantialdamage to the helicopter and minor injuries to the chemical loader.

## 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" = 'AL' 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 ('1181028', '118103A'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=1181028&state=AL

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