# NTSB investigations: Aerospatiale SA316B ALOUETTE III: Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction

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 DEN93FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN93FA038.md): Aerospatiale SA316B · Aspen, CO · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 1, 1993 · N3153R · Destroyed
  > Failure of the flight control lower mixing unit due to fatigue, which resulted in the loss of control.
- [NTSB LAX92FA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92FA054.md): Aerospatiale SA 316B · Bridgeport, CA · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 28, 1991 · N146RM · Destroyed
  > Failure of the helicopter's tail rotor drive shaft and drive shaft bearing due to undetermined reason(s).
- [NTSB SEA91LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA91LA028.md): Aerospatiale SA316B · Vernal, UT · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 3, 1990 · N316BS · Destroyed
  > A malfunction/failure of the helicopter's main rotor lead-lag damper.
- [NTSB LAX85FA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85FA126.md): Aerospatiale SA316B · Galt, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Jan 30, 1985 · N67081 · Substantial damage
  > While in cruise the plt lost tail rotor control and elected to execute an emergency landing in an open field. The tail rotor gearbox was found 45 ft from the main wreckage. The tail rotor guard was found 60 ft from the main wreckage. It did not exhibit any…
- [NTSB DEN84LA282](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA282.md): Aerospatiale 316B Alouette III · Cokeville, WY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 5, 1984 · N8266 · Substantial damage
  > The plt stated that he lost tailrotor control while maneuvering for a landing. He elected to return to Cokeville airport and make the landing. The plt executed an aitorotation to the runway and during the landing flare, the tail skid struck the runway,…

## 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 ('8680515')
    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" = 130))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=8680515&occurrence=130

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