# Incident 20070810016579I: Bell 407, August 10, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2007, 13:40 local time
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: YTRA
- Aircraft: N594RL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N594RL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 407 (registry code 1182206, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-407) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce 250-C47B (registry code 54585, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-250-c47b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 407
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,634 total, 212 in this make and model, 129 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070810016579I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) PILOT THOUGHT THE AIRCRAFT HAD PROPER CLEARANCE FROM RLC N207RT TO BE REFUELED. PILOT SLOWLY LOWERED THE COLLECTIVE TO POSITION THE AIRCRAFT, BUT THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TOWARDS N207RT CAUSING THE ROTOR TO STRIKE N207RT. WHICH CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO N594RL.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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