# NTSB investigations: Bell OH-58A: Loss of engine power

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 ATL04TA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04TA047.md): Bell OH-58A · Ruskin, FL · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Dec 7, 2003 · N62939 · Substantial damage
  > Loss of engine power due to undertermined reasons which resulted in a collision with terrain.
- [NTSB LAX02TA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02TA118.md): Bell OH-58A · Chico, CA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Mar 29, 2002 · N487BC · Substantial damage
  > the loss of engine power for an undetermined reason. Factors in the accident were the pilot's misjudged flare resulting in a hard landing and the lack of recent experience in emergency procedures by the pilot.
- [NTSB FTW02TA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02TA060.md): Bell OH-58A · El Paso, TX · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Dec 27, 2001 · N76PD · Substantial damage
  > The loss of engine power for an undetermined reason, which resulted in a forced landing. A contributing factor was the moving ground vehicle.
- [NTSB LAX00LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA118.md): Arrow OH-58A · Calipatria, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 8, 2000 · N39FA · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate checklist procedure prior to departure, which did not verify the fuel selector was in the proper position for flight, and the pilot's failure to maintain adequate main rotor speed for an autorotative landing.
- [NTSB LAX00TA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00TA030.md): Bell OH-58A · La Puente, CA · Accident · Minor injuries · Final report · Nov 6, 1999 · N911RN · Destroyed
  > A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.
- [NTSB FTW99TA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99TA046.md): Bell OH-58A · N. Little Rock, AR · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Dec 7, 1998 · N900PD · Substantial damage
  > The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. Factors were the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing and the dark night light condition.

## 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.aircraft_model_code IN ('1181579')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 350))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=1181579&occurrence=350

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