# NTSB investigations: Aerospatiale SA315B: 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 SEA99LA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA99LA001.md): Aerospatiale SA-315B · Big Sky, MT · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 5, 1998 · N5803J · Destroyed
  > The failure of the ground handlers (chokers) to follow procedures, and separation of the tail rotor system. Contributing factors were incorrect long line hook (size), jamming of the hook release, trees and gusty wind conditions.
- [NTSB SEA83LA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83LA170.md): Aerospatiale SA-315B · Montpelier, ID · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 7, 1983 · N49532 · Substantial damage
  > The plt & 3 passengers were on a flt to find drilling supplies that had been dropped off of a truck on the previous day. The plt reported that he was hovering down an abandoned road at about 5 to 10 mph & 15 to 20 ft AGL when the helicopter collided with…
- [NTSB DEN83LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LA095.md): Aerospatiale SA 315B · Craig, CO · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 30, 1983 · N5770F · No damage
  > The helicopter was being used in a long line demonstration when the cable contacted a man on the ground and injured him. According to the pilot, after the acft was landed at the staging area, the field was briefed on helicopter operations for aprx 45 min.…

## 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 ('8680615')
    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=8680615&occurrence=220

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