# NTSB investigations: Eurocopter AS 350 BA, 1999

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 NYC00LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA021.md): Eurocopter AS-350-BA · Westbury, NY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 27, 1999 · N350SL · Substantial damage
  > the failure of the operator to ensure the pilot was adequately trained to conduct all inspections required by the flight manual, which resulted in the pilot's inadequate preflight and subsequent failure of the tail rotor pitch change rod. Factors were the…
- [NTSB IAD99GA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD99GA056.md): Eurocopter AS-350 · Islip, NY · Accident · Minor injuries · Final report · Aug 3, 1999 · N211PD · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's loss of control during hydraulics-off hovering flight and the instructor's inadequate supervision of the maneuver. A factor was the tailwind.
- [NTSB ANC99FA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC99FA073.md): Eurocopter AS-350BA · Juneau, AK · Accident · 7 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 9, 1999 · N6099S · Destroyed
  > The pilot's continued VFR flight into adverse weather, spatial disorientation, and failure to maintain aircraft control. Factors associated with the accident were pressure by the company to continue flights in marginal weather, and the "flat" lighting leading…

## 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") = 1999
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('8680955'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=8680955&year=1999

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