# NTSB investigations: S N I A S AS350D ASTAR, 1985

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 LAX85FA402](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85FA402.md): Aerospatiale AS350D · Kula, HI · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 26, 1985 · N4268V · Substantial damage
  > The helicopter collided with terrain while on a sightseeing tour. The plt stated that the helicopter lost alt as he attempted to cross power lines. Directional control was lost during the ensuing down wind emergency landing. The helicopter contacted the…
- [NTSB FTW85FA300](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85FA300.md): S.N.I.A.S. AS350D Astar · Houma, LA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 29, 1985 · N3607C · Destroyed
  > The plt landed at a microwave antenna tower and did not shut down the eng or deplane. An employee at the tower retrievedcargo from the helicopter (a small box of parts) and went back inside the tower building. Shortly thereafter, the plt apparently initiated…
- [NTSB FTW85FA282](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85FA282.md): Aerospatiale AS-350D · Matagorda Islng, LA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 11, 1985 · N3594N · No damage
  > The acft touched down hard during an attempted autorotation to an abandoned air base. Initial touchdown occurred on the stinger and the acft yawed to the left of rwy heading 30 to 40 degrees. The next touchdown was on the skids and the acft yawed further to…

## 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") = 1985
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('8680803'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=8680803&year=1985

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