# NTSB investigations: Bell 206L-3: 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 LAX04LA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA216.md): Bell 206L-3 · Palmdale, CA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 20, 2004 · N2019F · Substantial damage
  > The momentary loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.
- [NTSB FTW04LA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA088.md): Bell 206L-3 · W. Cameron 149 · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 6, 2004 · N81SP · Substantial damage
  > A partial loss of engine power due to undetermined reasons. A contributing factor was the emergency floats not being deployed.
- [NTSB FTW02LA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA102.md): Bell 206L-3 · Oakley, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 26, 2002 · N30YB · Substantial damage
  > The loss of engine power for an undetermined reason. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.
- [NTSB FTW02LA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA019.md): Bell 206L-3 · East Cameron 78 · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 18, 2001 · N348AL · Substantial damage
  > The hard landing due to the pilot's failure to maintain proper main rotor rpm. Contributing factors were the loss of engine power for undetermined reasons, and the pilot's failure to deploy the emergency floats.
- [NTSB SEA98LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA024.md): Bell 206L · Idaho Falls, ID · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 16, 1997 · N206LT · Substantial damage
  > loss of engine power for undetermined reason(s). A factor relating to the accident included a dirt berm/ridge in the field where the pilot executed the forced landing.
- [NTSB FTW92LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW92LA166.md): Bell 206L-3 · Ponca City, OK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 21, 1992 · N66LR · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain main rotor RPM. A factor was the contaminated fuel.
- [NTSB LAX84FA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84FA032.md): Bell 206L-3 · Grand Canyon, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 25, 1983 · N38903 · Substantial damage
  > While on a non-revenue business flt, the plt noted a partial loss of power with the N1 dropping to 70% RPM & the torque decreasing to 10%. He was unable to restore power & subsequently made a forced landing in the Grand Canyon. The landing was made on an…

## 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 ('1182108')
    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=1182108&occurrence=350

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