# NTSB investigations: Texas Helicopter OH-13E/M74, LA

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 FTW88DRD12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88DRD12.md): Texas Helicopter M74C · Rayville, LA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jul 11, 1988 · N47345 · Destroyed
  > The commercial pilot was spraying his cotton field with his own helicopter. The acft hit a tree during a right turning pull-up. The tail rotor blades were severed first then, during an uncontrolled right turn, the tailboom hit another tree. The main rotor…
- [NTSB FTW86FRD24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86FRD24.md): Texas Helicopter OH-13E/M74 · Port Allen, LA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Sep 3, 1986 · N38092 · Substantial damage
  > The helicopter experienced partial power loss and descended to ground. It spray booms became entangled in the soy beans. The helicopter started to nose over, then rolled onto its right side and came to rest. Reason for the partial power loss is undetermined.

## 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" = 'LA' 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 ('8930103'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=8930103&state=LA

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