# Accident 20160711010979A: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407, Hickory, KY, July 11, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2016, 11:23 local time
- Place: Hickory, KY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8828° N, 88.6789° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8828&lon=-88.6789&mi=10
- Aircraft: N427TV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N427TV-2018-08-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 (registry code 1182154, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-canada-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 HELICOPTER TEXTRON CANADA 407
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC 250-C47B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 18,300 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA16FA248](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16FA248) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160711010979A

## Narrative

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

ON 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 APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND THE PITCH IN THE ROTOR DRAMATICALLY CHANGED AND THE HELICOPTER SUDDENLY TILTED RIGHT AND IMPACTED THE GROUND ON ITS RIGHT SIDE." THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED.

## 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 ERA16FA248](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16FA248), Jul 11, 2016: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 (N427TV), Hickory, KY, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Company maintenance personnel's inappropriate removal without replacement of the safety wires on the collective lever pin screws during a recent maintenance inspection, which resulted in the screws…

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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