# NTSB investigations: Aerospatiale AS 355F1, TX

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 FTW02LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA006.md): Aerospatiale AS355F1 · Rosebud, TX · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 8, 2001 · N911BB · Substantial damage
  > The pilots impairment due to drugs. Contributing factors were the dark night light conditions, the pilot's failure to refuel, resulting in the total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion, and the pilot's misjudged landing flare.
- [NTSB LAX86MA268](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86MA268.md): Aerospatiale AS-355F-1 · Galveston, TX · Accident · No injuries · Major investigation · Final report · Jun 18, 1986 · N5796T · Substantial damage
  > The plt rprtd that while apchg an oil drilling platform for a lndg, he observed the main rotor blades go out of track about 8 to 10 inches. He also rprtd the helicopter developed a 1:1 vertical vibration. Drg the lndg, the helicopter entered into ground…
- [NTSB FTW85LA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA111.md): Aerospatiale AS 355F-1 · Sabine Pass, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 4, 1985 · N5796A · Substantial damage
  > While en route at an alt of 500 to 700 ft, the #1 eng spooled down. The plt secured the #1 eng & turned back toward the heliport to make a single eng landing. However, he could not maintain level flt & the rotor RPM began dropping. The plt noted that the #2…

## 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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'TX' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('8680810'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=8680810&state=TX

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