# NTSB investigations: Aerospatiale SA315B: Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical

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 ATL00LA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL00LA038.md): Aerospatiale SA315B · Springfield, GA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 24, 2000 · N230US · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate preflight planning resulting in fuel exhaustion.
- [NTSB MIA97LA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA075.md): Aerospatiale SA315B · Whiteville, NC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 25, 1997 · N707EX · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's intentional operation of the helicopter with known deficiencies in equipment and a false indication of the fuel gauge, resulting in the total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Contributing to the accident was inadequate maintenance of…
- [NTSB ANC90LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC90LA135.md): Aerospatiale SA-315B · Tok, AK · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 7, 1990 · N58000 · Substantial damage
  > Improper installation of the fuel filter element in the aircraft by company/maintenance personnel, and subsequent contamination of the fuel system by unfiltered fuel. Factors related to the accident were: inadequate design of the fuel filter assembly, which…

## 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" = 353))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=8680615&occurrence=353

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