# NTSB investigations: Eurocopter AS 350 B2, 2014

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 WPR15TA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15TA027.md): Eurocopter AS 350 · Bisbee, AZ · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Oct 27, 2014 · N5204X · Substantial damage
  > Failure of maintenance personnel to ensure adequate torque of a pneumatic control pipe (P2) fitting, which resulted in a loss of engine power during low altitude flight maneuvers.
- [NTSB WPR14CA375](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA375.md): Eurocopter AS 350 B2 · Kahului, Maui, HI · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 14, 2014 · N197BH · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the cart while hovering. Contributing to the accident was the failure of ground personnel to remove the cart from the helipad.
- [NTSB WPR14FA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14FA137.md): Eurocopter AS 350 B2 · Seattle, WA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 18, 2014 · N250FB · Destroyed
  > The loss of helicopter control due to a loss of hydraulic boost to the tail rotor pedal controls at takeoff, followed by a loss of hydraulic boost to the main rotor controls after takeoff. The reason for the loss of hydraulic boost to the main and tail rotor…

## 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") = 2014
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('8680950'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=8680950&year=2014

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