# NTSB investigations: Bell OH-58A, 2016

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 WPR17LA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17LA034.md): Bell OH 58A · Sacramento, CA · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Dec 4, 2016 · N916PD · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the vertical stabilizer due to fatigue.
- [NTSB ERA17CA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17CA056.md): Bell OH 58A · Ponce, PR · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 25, 2016 · N161PD · Substantial damage
  > The helicopter flight instructor's inadequate demonstration of a simulated engine failure, which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB CEN16LA289](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA289.md): Bell OH 58A · Lake Mills, IA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 22, 2016 · N288NS · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate visual lookout, which resulted in a wire strike.
- [NTSB GAA16CA372](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA372.md): Bell OH 58 · Surprise, AZ · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 10, 2016 · N588MP · Substantial damage
  > While at a low altitude, the pilot's decision to do an abrupt descending right downwind turn which resulted in flying through his own vortices and an impact with terrain.
- [NTSB WPR16LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA134.md): Bell OH 58A · Brawley, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 2, 2016 · N6251G · Substantial damage
  > The engine's degraded performance due to excessive wear of the engine bleed valve, which prevented it from closing during the accident flight. Contributing to the accident was the operator's failure to overhaul the bleed valve within the…

## 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") = 2016
  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=2016

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