# NTSB investigations: Bell OH-58A, 2000

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 MIA00TA189](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00TA189.md): Bell OH-58 · Rome, GA · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Jun 21, 2000 · N913SP · Substantial damage
  > The pilots failure to ensure the helicopter was on level terrain after landing. The left skid came off the ground after the passenger exited the helicopter, the slope capability was exceeded, the helicopter encountered dynamic rollover, and rolled over on its…
- [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 DEN00GA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00GA050.md): Bell OH-58A+ · Woods Cross, UT · Accident · 2 fatal · Final report · Feb 11, 2000 · N7UT · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to roll throttle back on (return the power to the normal operating range) during an attempted power recovery from an autorotation, and his subsequent failure to maintain aircraft control.
- [NTSB LAX00GA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00GA073.md): Arrow OH-58A · Crows Landing, CA · Accident · 2 fatal · Final report · Jan 12, 2000 · N901SF · Destroyed
  > The failure of the pilot to maintain altitude and clearance from terrain during a turn to reverse direction after encountering instrument meteorological conditions. A factor in the accident was the pilot's failure to obtain a full weather briefing before…

## 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 year(c."eventDate") = 2000
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('1181579'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=1181579&year=2000

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