# NTSB investigations: Bell 222, CA

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 CEN26FA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26FA015.md): Bell 222 · Huntington Beach, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Field · Preliminary report · Oct 11, 2025 · N222EX · Substantial damage
  > On October 11, 2025, at 1401 Pacific daylight time, a Bell 222 helicopter, N222EX, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Huntington Beach, California. The pilot and passenger received serious injuries. One person on the ground…
- [NTSB LAX03IA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03IA252.md): Bell 222 · Salinas, CA · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jul 30, 2003 · N29KH · No damage
  > The fatigue failure (fracture) of the right forward transmission lift link during cruise flight, which resulted in a severe vibration and an emergency landing.
- [NTSB LAX92LA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92LA237.md): Bell 222 · Mariposa, CA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 7, 1992 · N5007L · Destroyed
  > The pilot decision to takeoff and fly with a known deficiency in one of the helicopter's engines.

## 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" = 'CA' 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 ('1182122'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=1182122&state=CA

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