# NTSB investigations: Messerschmitt BK 117

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 ANC06LA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06LA073.md): MBB BK 117A-3 · Ponce de Leon, FL · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 22, 2006 · N913EF · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from objects while hovering in ground effect, which resulted in an in-flight collision with a tree. Factors associated with the accident were loose, sand-covered terrain, and the operator's failure to ensure that the…
- [NTSB NYC00FA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00FA127.md): Eurocopter BK-117-A4 · Cincinnati, OH · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · May 7, 2000 · N911NC · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's misjudgment of his closure rate, while turning to land on the rooftop helipad, which resulted in a collision with the building. Factors in the accident were the tailwind and the stuck windsock.
- [NTSB IAD97LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD97LA070.md): Mbb BK-117-A1 · Kane, PA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 30, 1997 · N122LF · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's decision to perform a low airspeed vertical descent with a tailwind, which resulted in settling with power.
- [NTSB NYC92FA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC92FA123.md): MBB BK-117 · Middletown, CT · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 21, 1992 · N117HH · Destroyed
  > A wire strike after the pilot made a decision to continue the approach into an area of hazards. Factors related to the accident were the failure of the pilot and the hospital communicator to request all available information about the landing area and…
- [NTSB ATL89FA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89FA116.md): MBB BK-117-A-3 · Coinjock, NC · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 27, 1989 · N39187 · Destroyed
  > Failure of the cellular company to properly install an operational lighting system on a newly constructed transmission tower. Darkness and the company's failure to notify flight service of the unlighted tower were related factors.
- [NTSB FTW89FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89FA049.md): MBB BK-117 A-1 · Tyler, TX · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 14, 1989 · N7025L · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to execute the published inadvertent IMC procedures when he encountered adverse weather conditions.

## 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 ('5626010'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=5626010

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