# NTSB investigations: Bell 222UT

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 DEN08CA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08CA035.md): Bell 222 UT · Casper, WY · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Nov 28, 2007 · N222LF · Substantial damage
  > High winds forcing the helicopter's main rotor blade to strike the helicopter vertical stabilizer and tail boom during engine start, causing substantial damage.
- [NTSB DEN01LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA084.md): Bell 222UT · Alcova, WY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 6, 2001 · N222LF · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's failure to maintain tail rotor clearance during a right pedal turn while hovering.
- [NTSB FTW98FA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98FA093.md): Bell 222UT · Sandy, UT · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jan 12, 1998 · N222UH · Destroyed
  > flight by the pilot into known adverse weather conditions, and his failure (or inability) to maintain sufficient clearance or altitude from mountainous terrain. Related factors were: darkness, heavy snow, high winds, the pilot's perception of pressure that…
- [NTSB DEN92IA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN92IA067.md): Bell 222UT · Scipio, UT · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jun 28, 1992 · N222UH · Minor damage
  > An encounter with clear air turbulence.
- [NTSB ATL86FA264](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86FA264.md): Bell 222UT · Galax, VA · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 23, 1986 · N251CC · Destroyed
  > The helicopter was dispatched on an emerg med svc (ems/med-evac) flt to transport a patient with subcranial bleeding back to a hospital in winston-salem. Bfr takeoff, the plt received a wx briefing. At that time, widespread IMC prevailedthru-out the area &…

## 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 ('1182148'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=1182148

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