# NTSB investigations: Aerospatiale SA316B ALOUETTE III, 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 FTW93LA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW93LA203.md): Aerospatiale SA316B · Snyder, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 4, 1993 · N3154Y · Substantial damage
  > Failure of the pilot in command to properly compensate for wind conditions resulting in the loss of directional control through loss of tail rotor authority. Factors were high winds, high density altitude, and failure to jettison the external load.
- [NTSB FTW81FRA02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FRA02.md): Alouette SA316B · Houston, TX · Accident · Minor injuries · Closed · Oct 13, 1980 · N35928 · Substantial damage

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

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

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