# NTSB investigations: Hughes Helicopters 369E: In flight collision with terrain/water

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 SEA05CA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05CA200.md): McDonnell Douglas 369E · Medford, OR · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 24, 2005 · N5207C · Substantial damage
  > In-flight collision with terrain during a precautionary landing. Factors include instrument meteorological conditions and pilot disorientation.
- [NTSB ANC03LA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA026.md): Hughes 369E · Paxson, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 10, 2003 · N500DX · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain altitude/clearance from terrain. A factor contributing to the accident was the pilot's attention being diverted inside the cockpit to look at the global positioning system.
- [NTSB CHI97LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA008.md): Hughes 369E · Hesston, KS · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 15, 1996 · N504AP · Substantial damage
  > the pilot selected unsuitable terrain for landing. The factors involved were: an inoperative landing light, dusk light conditions, and the terrain condition.

## 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 ('4470707')
    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" = 230))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=4470707&occurrence=230

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