# NTSB investigations: Eurocopter France AS350B2

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 ANC22LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC22LA015.md): Eurocopter France AS350B2 · Kahului, HI · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Dec 25, 2021 · N752CH · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s abrupt flight control inputs to correct for dynamic rollover, resulting in a hard landing.
- [NTSB ANC20LA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC20LA083.md): Eurocopter AS350 · Ninilchik, AK · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Aug 25, 2020 · N160SH · Substantial damage
  > A loss of engine power for an undetermined reason.
- [NTSB GAA19CA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA139.md): Airbus A350 · Eureka, AK · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Feb 18, 2019 · N350ST · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing on snow-covered mountainous terrain with steep rocks above, which resulted in loose rocks damaging the main rotor blades and the subsequent loss of helicopter controllability.
- [NTSB ANC17LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC17LA025.md): Airbus AS350 · Juneau, AK · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · May 23, 2017 · N207CH · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's decision to depart into an area of degraded visual meteorological and flat light conditions, which resulted in a loss of visual references and subsequent controlled flight into terrain.
- [NTSB ERA16LA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16LA159.md): Eurocopter France AS350 · Jasper, GA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 15, 2016 · N561AM · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's loss of helicopter control due to vortex ring state, which resulted in a hard landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s decision to conduct the landing approach with a tailwind.
- [NTSB DCA12MA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA12MA020.md): Eurocopter France AS350B2 · Las Vegas, NV · Accident · 5 fatal · Class 1 · Major · Final report · Dec 8, 2011 · N37SH · Destroyed
  > Sundance Helicopters’ inadequate maintenance of the helicopter, including (1) the improper reuse of a degraded self-locking nut, (2) the improper or lack of installation of a split pin, and (3) inadequate postmaintenance inspections, which resulted in the…
- [NTSB DFW08FA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08FA062.md): Eurocopter France AS350B2 · S. Padre Island, TX · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 6, 2008 · N911VA · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control resulting in the helicopter impacting the water. Factors contributing to the accident were the pilot's inadvertent flight into instrument meteorological conditions, the low ceiling, dark night conditions, and…
- [NTSB MIA07TA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07TA017.md): Eurocopter AS 350 BA · Ft. Myers, FL · Accident · Minor injuries · Final report · Nov 18, 2006 · N72LC · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during engine start. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's improper advancement of the fuel control lever.

## 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 ('8680973'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=8680973

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