# NTSB investigations: Aerospatiale AS350B: In flight encounter with weather

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 FTW98FA256](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98FA256.md): Eurocopter AS350BA · La Gloria, TX · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 5, 1998 · N911VA · Destroyed
  > the pilot's continued flight into adverse weather conditions resulting in a loss of control due to spatial disorientation. Contributing factors were the dark night illumination, the lack of visual cues, the pilot's lack of total instrument time, and the…
- [NTSB LAX94LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA134.md): Aerospatiale AS-350-B · Humuula, HI · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 24, 1994 · N766MP · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's poor in-flight decision by failing to attain the best rate of climb speed and exceeding the helicopter's hover performance capability. The clouds and downdraft were factors in this accident.
- [NTSB ATL92FA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL92FA109.md): Aerospatiale AS350B · Winnsboro, SC · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · May 29, 1992 · N5806K · Destroyed
  > The inadvertent flight into instrument meteorological conditions by the pilot. The dark night and fog were factors in the accident.

## 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 ('8680800')
    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" = 240))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=8680800&occurrence=240

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