Rolls-Royce 250-C47B

FAA incident reports · 68

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Accident 20260819011162ABell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Carlisle, PAWhile hovering on north side of runway 28 approximately 150 from centerline helicopter was struck from behind by a Cessna 150. Since this was a mid-air collision reference second report number AEA1326011.Aug 19, 2026 · N873ST · Substantial damageIncident 20260626009479IBell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Driggs, IDThe aircraft was maneuvering in a hover to a landing location on the airport ramp. Winds were 200 degrees at 20 knots gusting 29 knots. During a hover turn the aircraft turned farther than expected and accelerated into multiple spins. The pilot forced the…Jun 26, 2026 · N465NE · Minor damageAccident 20260429004799ABell 407 · Young, AZPilot was flying the helicopter, for personal use, was landing in a clearing on a mountain range in Young, AZ. When during the landing sequence he struck a small tree with the tail rotor. He was still about 3-5 feet off the ground, when tail rotor struck, and…Apr 29, 2026 · N407BB · Substantial damageAccident 20260410004549ABell 407 · Jacksonville, FLWhile conducting emergency procedures training (practice autorotation’s) with a third-party contractor the pilot flying (pf) entered an autorotation to a hard surfaced runway while under night vision goggles. The aircraft touched down with little forward…Apr 10, 2026 · N314JP · Substantial damageAccident 20260204001269ABell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Libby, MTOn 2/5/2026 at 20:15 local time, a Bell 407 helicopter was conducting part 135 EMS operations at the Libby, Montana hospital. Upon approach and landing, the tail rotor struck a light that is part of the helipad lighting system. The pilot was able to land and…Feb 4, 2026 · N407VS · Substantial damageAccident 20260204001189ABell 407 · Flagstaff, AZAccident flight On the evening of February 4, 2026, at approximately 10:17 MST (local) a Bell 407 helicopter, registered as [privacy data omitted] and operating under 14 CFR part 91 “public use” was destroyed following a crash and post-crash fire while in…Feb 4, 2026 · N56AZ · Destroyed · 2 fatalIncident 20250225013009IBell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Tulsa, OKOn February 25, 2025 at approximately 2040 local, while initiating a descent to begin an approach, the aircraft struck a bird on the left windscreen. The bird broke through the windscreen causing minor damage to the aircraft exterior and interior. There were…Feb 25, 2025 · N242MT · Minor damageIncident 20240818009829IBell 407 · Oakridge, ORThis incident occured on a civil aircraft, conducting pao for the us forest service, during wildland firefighting water bucket operations. Pilot noticed damage to aircraft during post flight. The damage consisted of the top of lefthand finlet of the…Aug 18, 2024 · N407RL · Minor damageIncident 20240813009819IBell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Bullhead City, AZ(Medivac) was inbound from the southeast for a full stop on the ramp. After landing, pilot stated they had a bird strike during approach at 2 miles and proceeded inbound to land on the ramp at their own risk. After landing the pilot reported damage to the…Aug 13, 2024 · N193AM · Minor damageIncident 20240726011829IBell 407 · Council Hill, OKThe Bell 407 helicopter was en route, returning to the base location after a patient transfer. During cruise flight at 1900 feet at night under night vision goggles, the aircraft experienced a catastrophic engine failure. The flight crew reported they saw an…Jul 26, 2024 · N793SF · Minor damageAccident 20240329002669ABell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Moran, KSEMS helicopter had been dispatched and was enroute VFR to pick up a patient. Aircraft was 130 KIAS at about 2500 feet MSL. Pilot spotted 3 birds but had no time to avoid. The pilot heard the inpact and immediately the aircraft began a vertical hop. The pilot…Mar 29, 2024 · N910GX · Minor damageAccident 20231115019969ABell 407 · Richmond, VAB407 main rotor contacted the left vertical finlet during landing. Aircraft was towed back to the hangar. Delayed notification. On advice from manufacturer engineering, maintenance personnel performed skid deflection check and determined that aircraft had…Nov 15, 2023 · N26VA · Substantial damageAccident 20231008018469ABell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Croydon, NHOn October 8, 2023 at about 1930 local time, a Bell 407 rotorcraft impacted the ground under unknown circumstances. There was one fatality, and the helicopter was destroyed upon impact. The accident flight originated at a private residence and was operated as…Oct 8, 2023 · N802JR · Destroyed · 1 fatalIncident 20230909012239IBell 407 · Frankfort, KYOn September 09, 2023, a helicopter operating under FAR part 135 was repositioning in a hover taxi landing at Frankfort regional medical center when it experienced a tail rotor blade strike. The pilot stated that the helicopter would require a 180 degree turn…Sep 9, 2023 · N453R · Minor damageIncident 20230901015239IBell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Paris, TNThe helicopter was refueling with the engine operating at idle speed. The PIC was at the controls. The flight medic was pulling the refueling hose and grounding cable out to the aircraft to refuel. The grounding cable was attached to a retraction reel. The…Sep 1, 2023 · N190AE · Minor damageAccident 20230801008179ABell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · North Charlesto, SCOn August 1, 2023 at approximately 1530 hours (local), a Bell helicopter 407 was substantially damaged in an accident at the Charleston international airport (chs) in north Charleston, SC. The commercial rated pilot sustained minor injuries. The aircraft was…Aug 1, 2023 · N31PB · Substantial damageIncident 20230526009819IBell 407 · Moab, UTMay 26, 2023 2145 MDT Near Moab Utah [privacy data omitted] Bell 407 had bird strike on tail boom/tail rotor. 4 Persons on board, no injuries. Aircraft diverted to grand junction Colorado The aircraft was evaluated, here is a list of the damage found: • All…May 26, 2023 · N407TH · Minor damageIncident 20230521002769IBell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Pensacola, FLWhile beginning the descent into the helipad atthe Pensacola hospital, the aircraft struck a bird causing damage to the upper right corner of the windscreen. Although, the bird did not make into the cockpit, portions of the windscreen did, resulting in a…May 21, 2023 · N383AM · Minor damageIncident 20230416002529IBell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Ardmore, TNApril 16, 2023 - received report from dictor of operations that the Ardmore Tennessee base had a bird strike on aproch to base. Pilot completed the landing to base safely. Pilot recived small cut and bruise on the chin. Bird strike report was filed,…Apr 16, 2023 · N920SF · Minor damageIncident 20230205003689IBell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Decatur, TXThe instructor under observation initiated the simulated engine failure by rolling the throttle to the idle position and announced “simulated”. The pilot under instruction lowered the collective and initiated the autorotation. When the pilot under instruction…Feb 5, 2023 · N911GX · Minor damageAccident 20221229018769ABell 407 · Galliano, LAAircraft departing helideck WD106, enroute back to Galliano, crashed back on helideck during take-off. Aircraft subsequently broke apart and fell into the gulf; no surviors found. Helicopter found with passengers and pilot and brought to area in baton rouge…Dec 29, 2022 · N595RL · Destroyed · 4 fatalIncident 20221120022969IBell BHT-407 · Searcy, ARSearcy Arkansas:[privacy data omitted] Bell-407 helicopter s/n 53087. After completing patient drop-off, helicopter proceeded to Searcy re-fueler pad. Helicopter completed obert and came in for landing on the center of pad. Helicopter then picked back-up to…Nov 20, 2022 · N184SF · Substantial damageIncident 20221030013419IBell 407 · Rockdale, TX[privacy data omitted]Struck power lines while landing at a parking lot for a medical emergency pick up at approximately 10PM on October 31, 2022 in Rockdale Texas. The cut power lines resulted in a transformer explosion and power outage. The pilot had made a…Oct 30, 2022 · N421PH · Minor damageIncident 20221005010129IBell 407 · Grand Junction, COAround 1930 on 5 October 2022, air ambulance helicopter took off from Grand Junction hospital to return to moab utha. A couple minutes after take off, a large flick of ducks flew up from below aircraft. One duck hit the right windscreen, which broke through.…Oct 5, 2022 · N407TH · Minor damageIncident 20220706012149IBell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Prescott, AZDuring approach to landing, the pilot attempted to approach the landing area with a strong tail wind in gusty conditions. He planned to maneuver the helicopter into the wind prior to touchdown. It is suspected that the pilot got into settling with power…Jul 6, 2022 · N977MS · Minor damageAccident 20220604006289ABell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Fairfield, NJOn June 4, 2022 at approximately 1155 EDT, N98ZA, a Bell model 407 departed Essex County Airport, Fairfield, NJ (kcdw) bound for wall street heliport (kjrb). The aircraft was operated by 14 CFR part 135 air carrier [privacy data omitted] on a 14 CFR part 91…Jun 4, 2022 · N98ZA · DestroyedAccident 20220511003599ABell BHT-407 · Livermore, CAA Bell BHT-407 was performing human lift operations, human external cargo (hec) at the [privacy data omitted] training facility at Livermore, CA. Facility is approximately two miles west of Livermore airport. At approximately 150' altitude, the helicopter…May 11, 2022 · N999GH · DestroyedIncident 20220119000761IBell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Houma, LAOn the helideck of MP289C, while repositioning for an intended refuel and passenger pick up, the phi B407 tail rotor blades made contact with the main rotor blade of an adjacent parked and tied-down B407. The damage to both the tail rotor blade tips and the…Jan 19, 2022 · N440PH · Minor damageAccident 20210925013101ABell 407 · Patterson, LAFog in the area caused the windscreen to be in need of clearing. Airman departed with poor visibility through the windscreen. This caused her to unknowingly drift rearward into the rotating blades of another 407 helicopter. The airman completed a successful…Sep 25, 2021 · N662RL · Substantial damageAccident 20210621008079ABell 407 · Tampa, FLOn June 21, 2021, at 2145 EST, N512TP, a 2002 Bell 407[privacy data omitted] was conducting straight in full touchdown auto rotations at Tampa executive airport(vdf - Tampa Florida). The aircraft had a hard landing. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed…Jun 21, 2021 · N512TP · Substantial damageIncident 20210513004009IBell 407 · Midlothian, TXOn may 13, 2021, at approximately 1600 central daylight time, a Bell 407, N432PH, bottom wire strike stuck into the ground in the grassy area along the right side of runway 36 at Mid-Way Regional Airport (kjwy). During a day emergency procedure practice…May 13, 2021 · N432PH · Minor damageIncident 20201108021819IBell 407 · Loiza, PRHelicopter orbiting on VFR conditions and in contact with sju tower 4NM east. During the interview, PIC stated that during hover they experienced what appeared to be a loud flapping noise and stiffness in the cyclic and pedals he continued flying sideways to…Nov 8, 2020 · N139PD · Minor damageAccident 20200915021479ABell 407 · Fort Worth, TXOn 09/15/2020 at 1720 CDT a Bell 407 helicopter suffered a hard landing on taxiway papa at alliance airport in Fort Worth, TX during autorotation training. The instructor pilot took over controls immediately before impact and applied both throttle and…Sep 15, 2020 · N489DM · Substantial damageIncident 20200609006139IBell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Houma, LAHelicopter was ferrying pipeline team approxmently 3 miles se of Houma airport when it ingested a small bird into the engine. The pilot reported a loud whine but no other abnormal indications. Acft landed at the Houma airport and after inspection damage was…Jun 9, 2020 · N445PH · Minor damageIncident 20191107016959IBell 407 · Chesterfield, MOOn November 7th at approximately 8:15PM central time, helicopter N634AE, Bell BHT407-407 operating under part 91 was in level flight approximately 6 NM east of Spirit of st. Louis airport, Chesterfield, MO (ksus) with 3 passengers. He was inbound and cleared…Nov 7, 2019 · N64AE · Minor damageIncident 20190429003589IBell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Worthington, PAWhile enroute from venango regional airport (kfkl), returning to the primary base of operations at arnold palmer regional airport (klbe), Pennsylvania state police helicopter N875ST, was involved in a bird strike incident with an osprey. The bird strike…Apr 29, 2019 · N875ST · Minor damageAccident 20190303000829ABell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Union Center, SDOn March 03, 2019, at 00:13HRS. Local time, a Bell 407 helicopter, registered to and operated by air methods corp. was involved in an accident after landing and during the cool down/shut down operations to pick-up a patient. Visual meteorological conditions…Mar 3, 2019 · N450AM · Substantial damageIncident 20181014020239IBell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Craig, COJapa crew/pilot was responding to a scene call. While making the approach the aircraft struck a tree. Pilot used the medical crew to assist clearing the aircraft of obstacles. The pilot stated he could not have seen the tree due to structural illusion. There…Oct 14, 2018 · N407ZM · Minor damageIncident 20180324010099IBell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Winchester, VAOn 24 March, 2018, at approximatley 2230 EDT, an air ambulance flight operated by phi air medical LLC with one patient onboard diverted to Winchester regional airport (okv) following a bird strike. The pilot received a ¼ inch laceration to his right cheek and…Mar 24, 2018 · N431P · Minor damageIncident 20180104006179IBell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Norfolk, NEThe pilot and two medical crewmembers were on a return flight to a hospital helipad. During the approach to the helipad, the crew heard a noise outside the helicopter. The medical crewmembers Reported they felt a "shudder", believing it to be wind as they…Jan 4, 2018 · N214AM · Minor damageAccident 20171119019549ABell 407 · Stuttgart, ARHelicopter impacted by numerous waterfowl at night breaking through plexiglass acrylic windshield and chin bubble.Nov 19, 2017 · N620PA · Destroyed · 3 fatalIncident 20171022020199IBell 407 · Fourchon, LAAircraft departed SS207A to return to SS207D, a satellite platform, to pick up four remaining construction crew members. Pilot initiated an approach to overfly the middle of the crane boom cables, but felt a twang and/or bump as the aircraft approached…Oct 22, 2017 · N422PH · Minor damageAccident 20170124007419ABell 407 · Fort Worth Tx, TXDuring simulated fadec failure the engine and rotor entered into an overspeed condition. PIC pulled up on the collective to try to slow the rotor system causing the aircraft to rapidly climb to 20-30 feet AGL. PIC then rapidly lowered the collective and the…Jan 24, 2017 · N6040Y · Substantial damageAccident 20160711010979ABell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Hickory, KYOn 07/11/2016 at approximately 11:23 am CDT according to witnesses aircraft N427TV approached the tva facility yard from the south and was landing in the cleared area of the tva storage yard. Witness stated ?everything sounded and looked normal and then at…Jul 11, 2016 · N427TV · Destroyed · 1 fatalAccident 20151030019639ABell 407 · Gulf Of MexicoOn the morning of October 30, 2015 the pilot and aircraft began the operational day at high island a 264, an offshore platform located in the Gulf Of Mexico. The aircraft departed the platform with the pilot and one passenger onboard destined for another…Oct 30, 2015 · N420PH · Substantial damageIncident 20150327002869IBell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Deland, FLWhile on patrol volusia county sheriff?s department two miles south of the Deland airport, received a bird strike to the co-pilot chin bubble window which damage the window only no other damage received during the incident. The aircraft safely landed at…Mar 27, 2015 · N803DS · Minor damageIncident 20141003017539IBell 407 · Edgewater, NJAircraft struck bird/s while conducting nyc sightseeing tour. Aircraft was southbound along west bank of hudson river, and upon impacting the bird, descended/landed uneventfully at west 30th st (jra) heliport, new york, NY. Bird penetrated windshield causing…Oct 3, 2014 · N409TD · Minor damageIncident 20140607009269IBell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Arvada, WYOn 06/07/2014 on hwy 14/16, north east of Arvada WY, a bht 407 helicopter, N189AM, operated by air methods corporation, had an empty ambulance gurney roll into the moving tail rotor assembly. The helicopter had landed perpendicular and on the center of the…Jun 7, 2014 · N189AM · Minor damageIncident 20140129001549IBell 407 · Fort Worth, TXOn 1/29/14 at approximately 0730, N6040Y with a Bell instructor pilot and pilot trainee departed alliance Fort Worth airport (kafw) to the Bell training academy practice area located approximately 4 NM north of the airport. During the approach, the pilot…Jan 29, 2014 · N6040Y · No damageAccident 20130102000129ABell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Ventura, IAN445MT, a Bell 407, departed mercy medical center in mason city, Iowa at 20:45 CST. The destination was emmetsburg, Iowa to pick up a patient. The pilot and crew were wearing night vision goggles. Weather radar showed VFR conditions, but an Iowa state trooper…Jan 2, 2013 · N445MT · Destroyed · 3 fatal
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