# Incident 20100704040039I: Bell 407, Hilo, HI, July 4, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2010, 15:00 local time
- Place: Hilo, HI
- Airport: Hilo
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 19.7203° N, 155.0485° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HILO INTL (ITO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=19.7203&lon=-155.0485&mi=10
- Aircraft: N402SH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N402SH-2023-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 407 (registry code 1182206, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-407) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C47 series (registry code 03029, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c47-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 407
- Reported engine: ALLISON 250-C47
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,433 total, 624 in this make and model, 267 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100704040039I

## Narrative

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

THE PIC REPORTED A "WISPING" SOUND WHICH HE BELIEVED WAS COMING FROM A MAIN ROTOR BLADE TAPE PEELING OFF.  ABOUT 5 SECONDS LATER HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND VIBRATION.  THE VIBRATION TURNED INTO A PRONOUNCED VERICAL HOP.  HE MADE A LANDING ON A RURAL ROAD WAY.  THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  UPON LANDING HE INSPECTED THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES AND NOTICED THAT ONE (1) BLADE ON THE OUTBOARD LOWER SURFACE HAS SOME MATERIAL TAPE COVERING PEELING BACK.  HE THEREFORE CONTACTED THE DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE AND INFORMED HIM ABOUT THE MAIN ROTOR BLADE TAPE PEELING BACK.

## Other reports on N402SH (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20220608008059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220608008059A), Jun 8, 2022: Bell 407 (N402SH), Ocean View, HI, Substantial damage. Aircraft departed on a part 135 air tour flight from kona airport at approximately 1700L. At approximately 1730 aircraft crashed in lava field near south point…

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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