# NTSB investigations: Sikorsky S-76A: Loss of control - on ground/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 LAX01FA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01FA252.md): Sikorsky S-76A · Los Angeles, CA · Accident · Minor injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 21, 2001 · N769BB · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the pilot to reduce the engine power control levers to ground idle prior to leaving the helicopter, resulting in the unmanned helicopter moving on the helipad and performing a dynamic rollover.
- [NTSB FTW86LA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86LA032.md): Sikorsky S-76A · Grand Isle Bl73 · Accident · 3 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 5, 1986 · N7612L · Substantial damage
  > The acft rolled over in a high x-wind after landing while deplaning passengers. The acft had landed on a moving barge. A landing into the wind was blocked by a crane so the plt sideslipped from a flt path that paralleled the ships movement. The wind was…

## 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 ('8143006')
    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" = 260))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=8143006&occurrence=260

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