# NTSB investigations: Sud SA316B ALOUETTE III, PA

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 NYC83FA244](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA244.md): Sud SA316B · Pittsburgh, PA · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 17, 1983 · N72590 · Destroyed
  > The helicopter was on a flt to transport an acutely ill patient from one hospital to another. The aircrew consisted of a plt & two flt nurses. During arrival at the destination, the plt began an apch to an athletic field that was surrounded by tall bldgs & a…
- [NTSB NYC83LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA028.md): Aerospatiale SA316B · West Mifflin, PA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 13, 1982 · N72590 · Substantial damage
  > Pilot turned aircraft into the wind to perform power check. Approximately 3-5 ft above the ground the pilot reportedly began receiving feedback through the cyclic. Moderate then severe vibration of the airframe was reported. Aircraft yawed 90 degrees left and…
- [NTSB NYC82FGM12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82FGM12.md): Aerospatiale SA 316B · Crafton, PA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jul 5, 1982 · N8259 · Substantial damage
  > Shortly after takeoff the pilot heard a loud grinding noise and felt a vibration emanating from the rear of the aircraft. Immediately, the nose yawed to the left and the engine failed. The pilot entered autoration and made a hard landing. Examination of the…

## 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" = 'PA' 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 ('8680207'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=8680207&state=PA

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