# NTSB investigations: Bell-Sw Florida Avn UH-1B, LA

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 FTW85FA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85FA188.md): Bell UH-1B · Boutte, LA · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 15, 1985 · N2252A · Destroyed
  > The plt had stabilized acft in a 125' hover, prior to picking up a load, when the eng spooled down and acft entered talltrees with low rotor RPM and pitched nose down as it descended thru the trees. Ground witnesses heard 2 loud 'bangs' prior to the acft…

## 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" = 'LA' 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 ('118141B'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=118141B&state=LA

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