# Accident 20150305002659A: Bell 407, Justin, TX, March 5, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 2015, 03:30 local time
- Place: Justin, TX
- Airport: Bell Training Aera
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 33.0494° N, 97.2928° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0494&lon=-97.2928&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41BH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N41BH-2019-09-13) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 76,052 total, 1,600 in this make and model, 87 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA15CA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA002) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150305002659A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 5, 2015, AT 1530 CST, A BELL HELICOPTER, N41BH, OWNED BY BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON, INC., 3255 BELL HELICOPTER BLVD., FORT WORTH, TX 76118, HAD AN ACCIDENT, WHILE ON A TRAINING FLIGHT DEMONSTRATING ENGINE OUT AUTO ROTATION LANDINGS.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED (VMC) AND THERE WAS NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THERE WAS ONE PASSENGER PLUS THE INSTRUCTOR.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT HOLDS AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT (ATP) AND CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) RATINGS. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE ALLIANCE AIRPORT (AFW) ON MARCH 5, 2015 AT 1430.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA15CA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA002), Mar 5, 2015: Bell 407 (N41BH), Justin, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: Abnormal ground contact during an autorotation demonstration, resulting in a severed tailrotor driveshaft.

## Other reports on N41BH (1)

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

- [Incident 20090626009669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090626009669I), Jun 26, 2009: Bell 407 (N41BH), Fort Worth, TX, Minor damage. (-23) Instructor pilot for Bell training academy and FAA pilot where conducting autorotations aircraft landed short and aft cyclic was allowed to be applied,…

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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