# NTSB investigations: Sikorsky S-76A: Propeller/rotor contact to person

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 FTW01LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA081.md): Sikorsky SK-76A · Ec 270 · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 20, 2001 · N376AL · No damage
  > the passenger's inadvertent encounter with the rotating main rotor blades.
- [NTSB FTW88LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88LA082.md): Sikorsky S-76A · Offshore Oil · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 24, 1988 · N1547N · No damage
  > After landing on the platform, the copilot moved the power levers to flight idle and set the main rotor blade tip path plane to the height normally used. When an enplanning passenger came up the stairs onto the platform, he was struck on the head by the main…

## 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" = 370))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=8143006&occurrence=370

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