# NTSB investigations: Aerospatiale SA316B ALOUETTE III: In flight collision with object

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 MIA85FA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85FA191.md): Aerospatiale SA316B · Silver Springs, FL · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 13, 1985 · N49550 · Substantial damage
  > The plt of the helicopter on an on demand air taxi medevac flt encountered deteriorating wx conditions and attmepted to maintain VFR flt in IMC conditions. He descended and struck a tree causing substantial damage. He then made a forced landing and the…
- [NTSB DEN82DA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82DA130.md): Aerospatiale SA316B · Meeteetse, WY · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Jul 8, 1982 · N67081 · Destroyed
  > Prior to this flight, a long line had been attached to the helicopter for an external load operation. However, there wasa change in the schedule and the pilot was instructed to return to the base camp with six passengers. When the pilot took off, he 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 ('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" = 220))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=8680515&occurrence=220

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