NTSB investigations: Allison 250-C47 series

6 cases on aircraft whose registry engine model is Allison 250-C47 series, where the first occurrence was “Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction”. Aircraft are matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model, so older matches can be wrong.

Cases per year

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NTSB investigations: Allison 250-C47 series per year, 2001–2026: 6 cases
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Latest cases

Query with SQL
duckdb -csv -c "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.engine_model_code IN ('03029')
      AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o.\"occurrenceNumber\" = 1 AND o.\"occurrenceCode\" = 130))
  ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"

Prints the whole list as CSV. It reads the release’s Parquet files over HTTPS, so there’s nothing to download first. Install DuckDB to run it.

NTSB DFW08IA045Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportBell 407 · Hig Island A595The loss of tail rotor effectiveness for undetermined reasons.Dec 15, 2007 · N407AK · No damageNTSB FTW04IA023Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportBell 407 · Eugene Is. 27The loss of engine power due to the failure of the 3rd stage turbine wheel and subsequent catastrophic failure of the turbine assembly.Nov 16, 2003 · N405PH · Minor damageNTSB FTW03FA117Accident · No injuriesField investigationFinal reportBell 407 · Houma, LAThe loss of tail rotor drive and anti-torque control resulting from the fracture and separation of the #5 tail rotor drive segment due to the overtemperature and subsequent failure of the #5 hangar bearing.Mar 24, 2003 · N501PH · Substantial damageNTSB ATL02LA095Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMcDonnell Douglas MD-600N · Deland, FLThe pilot's failure to follow the FADEC malfunction checklist that resulted in the loss of rotor RPM, and the pilot's improper use of the flight controls during the precautionary landing that resulted in a hard landing. A factor was the malfunction of the…May 10, 2002 · N810LA · Substantial damageNTSB LAX02IA013Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportMcDonnell Douglas 600N · Long Beach, CAThe fatigue failure of a 5/16-inch boom attach bolt was most probably caused by the angular misalignment between the tail boom bolt hole and the fuselage mounted nutplate.Oct 23, 2001 · N959SD · No damageNTSB FTW01FA115Accident · No injuriesField investigationFinal reportBell 407 · Vermillion 44Failure of the engine-to-transmission driveshaft coupling due to fatigue.May 4, 2001 · N917AL · Substantial damage