# NTSB investigations: Bell 407, 2014

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 CEN15IA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15IA046.md): Bell 407 · Viosca Knoll 989 · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Nov 11, 2014 · N373RL · No damage
  > Engine power surges during takeoff for reasons that could not be determined during postaccident testing of the engine and the engine control unit.
- [NTSB WPR14CA373](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA373.md): Bell 407 · Moab, UT · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 11, 2014 · N142MA · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to ensure adequate clearance from terrain while landing on sloped terrain.
- [NTSB CEN14IA270](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14IA270.md): Bell 407 · Eugene Island 182A · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · May 30, 2014 · N1197 · No damage
  > The improper repair of the outer combustion case, which led to its ultimate failure due to the continued progression of a fatigue crack and resulted in a partial loss of engine power during takeoff.
- [NTSB CEN14FA232](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14FA232.md): Bell 407 · Telluride, CO · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · May 3, 2014 · N407MH · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the power turbine thrust (No. 5) bearing due to overheating as a result of oil starvation, which led to the engine failure. Also causal to the accident was an undocumented repair to the gearbox cover oil delivery tube port during which 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 year(c."eventDate") = 2014
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('1182206'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=1182206&year=2014

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