# NTSB investigations: Sikorsky S-76A, TX

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 DFW06LA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06LA093.md): Sikorsky S-76A · Houston, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 19, 2006 · N8063R · Substantial damage
  > The failure by maintenance personnel to secure the tail rotor driveshaft cowling after performing maintenance which resulted in a loss of tail rotor control. A contributing factor was the pilot's improper preflight inspection of the tail rotor driveshaft area.
- [NTSB FTW87FA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW87FA059.md): Sikorsky S-76A · Angleton, TX · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 5, 1987 · N767AL · Destroyed
  > Shortly after tkof, the plt contacted his company (opns) & said he had inadvertently enctrd IFR conds. He asked opns to relay info to him fm the apch plate for the ILS rwy 17 apch to brazoria county arpt. After rcvg the info, he contacted houston apch ctl &…
- [NTSB FTW81FA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA061.md): Sikorsky S-76 · Conroe, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Closed · Mar 31, 1981 · N765AL · Destroyed

## 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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'TX' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('8143006'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

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

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