# Incident 20140129001549I: Bell 407, Fort Worth, TX, January 29, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 2014, 07:40 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: FW8S
- Location: 32.7254° N, 97.3208° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Worth, TX, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7254&lon=-97.3208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6040Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6040Y) (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
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC 250-C47B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140129001549I

## Narrative

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

ON 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 TRAINEE INCREASED COLLECTIVE FOR LANDING AND A VERTICAL VIBRATION WAS NOTICED.  THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND DETERMINED THE VIBRATION WAS EXCESSIVE AND EXECUTED A HOVERING AUTOROTATION WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR INJURY TO THE PILOTS.

## Other reports on N6040Y (2)

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

- [Accident 20170124007419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170124007419A), Jan 24, 2017: Bell 407 (N6040Y), Fort Worth Tx, TX, Substantial damage. During 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…
- [Accident 20090923017739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090923017739A), Sep 23, 2009: Bell 407 (N6040Y), Alliance, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) The flight instructor was operating the controls of the helicopter while demonstrating a simulated fadec emergency proedure, with the fadec control…

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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