# NTSB investigations: Aerospatiale SA315B, 1990

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 SEA90FA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA90FA158.md): Aerospatiale SA315B · Cougar, WA · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 7, 1990 · N351RM · Destroyed
  > Loss of power due to contamination in the engine speed governor.
- [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…
- [NTSB DEN90FA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90FA115.md): Aerospatiale SA315B · La Sal, UT · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · May 23, 1990 · N402AH · Substantial damage
  > A failure of the engine speed governor unit due to improper storage and/or inspection of the speed governor unit prior to placing it in service. A factor in the accident was the pilot carrying passengers on the external load.
- [NTSB ANC90LA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC90LA045.md): Aerospatiale SA-315B · Trading Bay, AK · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 6, 1990 · N37903 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadvertent flight into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC). Factors related to the accident were: snow covered terrain, adverse weather conditions, and spatial disorientation of the pilot, due to lack of visual cure during the landing.

## 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 year(c."eventDate") = 1990
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('8680615'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=8680615&year=1990

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